Legs and Borders

Great day considering we were walking out of town. Everyone woke up just before 7am, Michelle and her husband started to make breakfast for us in preparation of which we helped. There was scrambled eggs with bacon, toasted bagels with jam and butter and a big mug of coffee - it was all I was expecting from a decent breakfast. There was a slight delay and confusion once the breakfast was over, everyone was deciding if they want to head out straight to trail or need to go back to town to resupply first. Myself, Fomo, Rip and Songbird decided to head back to trail since we had no more business in town and Hades, Pussycat, Cuppa and Jedi stayed in town. Michelle gave us ride back and we started hiking around 9:30am. Slight problem we faced was that after first 13 miles there was a 20 mile stretch of trail in which bear canisters were legally required to stay overnight, none of us had one. So technically we should have hiked to the closure, stayed overnight and then walk over the 20 miles s...

"I don't support lightweight hikers, when the push comes to shout they are the first ones that need to be rescued" (Austrian) Salty. Today can be classified as a nero day, I hiked nine remaining miles to Kennedy Meadows and decided to stay here to sort out few things before heading into high Sierra Nevada mountains tomorrow.. and drink some beers as well. Kennedy Meadows marks a place where the desert section of the PCT officialy ends and where the 'real' mountains begin. First of all it is required by law to pick up a bear canister here, it's a container in which you have to store all your food (away from your tent at night) for the next 350 miles to make sure bears won't steal it from you. Rangers do checks on backpacks and if you fail to obey that rule, your hike through Sierras is over. Next two things you are suppose to pick up here are micro-spikes and ice axe. They are both recommended but conditional, considering it's a low snow year at the Sie...