by mcgarveysan | May 5, 2019 | Hiking, PCT, Section C California, Thru-hikes
The weight loss results are in from our first 30 days of hiking: Steve has lost 18 lbs and Noelle has lost 14 lbs. I think we’re both hungry when we arrive in a town, but we both agree the rumored “hiker hunger” hasn’t hit just yet. Soon.... 
by mcgarveysan | May 4, 2019 | Hiking, PCT, Section C California, Thru-hikes
Miles today: 10 Trail miles: 266.2 Elevation: 6832 Spinning on the turntable: Mumford and sons: Babel Today we hustled to make it to the trailhead quickly so that we could go into Big Bear to pick our bounce box up from the post office. We had a nice bit of downhill... 
by mcgarveysan | May 3, 2019 | Hiking, PCT, Section C California, Thru-hikes
Noelle here: We celebrate with everyone since there seems to be some uncertainty where the real mile marker is! That first one written in the sand, we showed at 249.2, but we still took a picture! I think the last one is the real one. Also Steve said I don’t... 
by mcgarveysan | May 2, 2019 | Hiking, PCT, Section C California, Thru-hikes
Noelle here: We made a rookie mistake and forgot to turn off our GPS for a ride over to urgent care, so it showed all of you that we took a trip to the hospital and we started getting messages about it. No need for alarm though! It’s actually my second stop in a... 
by mcgarveysan | May 2, 2019 | Hiking, PCT, Section C California, Thru-hikes
Miles today: 16.7 Trail miles: 256.2 Elevation: 7595 Spinning on the turntable: Kid Rock: Born Free Today we needed big miles to make it to the next water source. On the map below we stayed at the arrow on the lower left and we needed to make it to the water symbol at... 
by mcgarveysan | May 1, 2019 | Hiking, PCT, Section C California, Thru-hikes
Miles today: 7.4 Trail miles: 239.5 Elevation: 7922 Spinning on the turntable: Alanis Morissette: havoc and bright lights Tonight I’m sleeping in two pairs of socks. After the rain/hail/snow it’s downright cold. [wpvideo g6Bzmsul ] I’ve not yet...