Day 30: 498.2-517.6

Pacific Crest Trail 1 Minute

I woke up quite a few times during the night due to the wind. When I woke up around 6 it was very cloudy and moist almost rainy.

I packed up and started hiking at 0645. It was cold, windy and cloudy in the morning and I hiked in my rain jacket and base layer pants till 0900 when I stopped to refill water.

Passing the 500 miles market in the cold clouds
Passing the 500 miles market in the cold clouds

As the rest of my group arrived I hiked on as I had started before them and had breakfast at the water source.

I hiked behind Tanner for a bit but pushed ahead as he stopped with the others for breakfast. We had a massive descent and at the bottom of the descent The mom of another Hiker Cruise was doing some trail Magic. It was delicious and just what I needed to push on to hikertown.

As I arrived in hikertown I got a shuttle to a cafe and got a burger. After the burger I got a shuttle back to hikertown. As the others arrived to hikertown they would rather stay at another place so I went with them to Wee Vill Market to stay the night.

Looking out at the flat desert that we will have to cross. 
Looking out at the flat desert that we will have to cross. 

I had dinner at the markets grill a beef burrito and fries. We slept in the backyard of the market right next to the road.

Published by Martin Caspersen

My name is Martin Caspersen, I live in the very flat scandinavian country of Denmark. Most of my life I have lived just north of the capital (Copenhagen), I have however lived a short while in Brisbane, Australia. I have a big love for being outdoors. In my day-to-day life most of my time outdoors is spent running where I generally try and push for distance over speed. When I get a chance what I really like to do is to go hiking. In particular I like hiking in mountainous and generally strenous terrain. Until 2018 my hiking experience waslimited to somewhat shorter trips with the highlights being a 4-day hike in New Zealand and a thru-hike of the GR20 on Corsica. In 2018 that changed as I thru-hiked the PCT, the Pacific Crest Trail, in the US. I have dreamed about thru-hiking the PCT ever since I first heard about it in 2011. The thru-hike was an amazing experience.

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