PCT day 51 - mile 1034 to mile 1057
"Hike your own hike" Hiker's proverb. It was a bit of an odd day. We agreed to hike 24 miles to a junction which had some camping spots as well. The morning portion of the day went really well and we had a first meal break before 10am. Then I ended up walking with Owen and we started talking, mainly about food and gaming but it was a fun conversation. Think I got used to hiking on my own so much that talking with someone while walking distracted me enough to take a wrong turn and before I knew it we were 1.5 mile off the trail - 3 miles both ways and since we hike at about 2.5 miles an hour my rookie mistake put us substantially behind the schedule. The other problem was that we were at the front of the group, so when we disappeared, people behind us that is Ravi and Sunshine assumed after arriving at the agreed camping spot that we decided to push forward and so they also went further. In reality we arrived there quite late and really tired (Owen also has a feet injury, ...