PCT day 47 - mile 951 to mile 973

"I killed few rattle snakes before, skinned and cooked them with white wine and onion. They taste just like clam" Travis aka PepTalk.

Very wet day, it was either walking on slushy snow or through rivers and streams. Snow melt is now in full effect and big portions of the trail are either running or stagnant water puddles. It was actually first day when I completely gave up on keeping my feet dry and were walking straight through all the water ahead of me.

Guy with whom I camped last night set out really early, it must have been quarter past five, I heard him leaving and never saw him again today, he mentioned a couple of times how much he misses his wife and since he has just few hundred miles left to go (he is not hiking the entirety of PCT) that must keep him motivated. He's 66, what a Guy!

I lost a couple of miles by walking on the wrong trail, before I checked it on my GPS I was already mile away, haha. The only other person I've met for the entire day was Travis aka PepTalk a very interesting dude, we talked while walking for a couple of miles. He is hiking and cycling the combination of trails called The Great Western Circle, spanning over 7000 miles across America. It's the same route the Swedish guy called Stumbler whom I met in the San Diego hostel was planning to do. Unfortunately as I heard from Travis (he was hiking with Stumbler and his friend Not-Swedish for couple of days) he gave up the hike for an unknown reasons.

I got two days left now until Kennedy Meadows North where I will be able to leave behind the bear canister and possibly the micro spikes (although I might carry them for few more days just in case). Apparently the situation on the trail is very wet and slushy until then. But to be honest as far as the weather is warm, wet feet are not that much of a problem - frozen solid feet on the other hand are not particularly fun.

I placed the tent between two waterfalls tonight, they make a white noise of a strong wind, it makes me a bit paranoid as one of the pine trees above is crackling with any tiniest gust of actual wind. It makes for a creepy guessing game.

When you can't be bothered with your feet being dry anymore and just want to fill in the water bottle:

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