What slovenly figures come trudging down the road? A film of dust covers their ragged clothes and sun-burned skin, a ravenous look of hunger glimmers in their eyes. As their skinny forms approach the general store, cheers erupt from the people sitting on the porch, welcoming those who have completed the desert. Completed the desert. …
With Lucky Charm in tow, Mash and I continued our advance into Kennedy Meadows. We took a break at the first water source to have a second breakfast. Then, something happened. From around the corner, another hiker arrived. Quite uneventful, were it not for the pool noodle sticking out of his backpack. I didn’t realize …
Mash and I woke up early to continue. I had slept so good in our almost wind-free campsite. Christopher and Jive Turkey accompanied us on the first stretch. Mash was a little ahead of me and waiting at the spot where we agreed to take a break.‘I just saw a bear’, he announced. It hadn’t …
A 1000km. That was the milestone we achieved this morning. It only meant something to Half ‘n Half (Canada), Spice (Australia) and me, but that didn’t make it any less significant. Almost 1/4th of the trail. Who in their right mind walks that much? Although I am proud that I did this, every kilometer also …
The advantages of a trail family are numerous: cheap accomodation, mental boosts when you need it, always someone to talk to. And yes, I realize I have been critical of trail families as well. But hey, Coyote and I tried to overtake my current family and we failed, so yeah, not much to be done …
A day of both elation and sadness. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw McLovin and Busy Bee sitting at the water source, after I was so sure they were way behind. McLovin had hiked the Hikertown – Tehachapi section in one go, 49 miles over the course of 17 hours. I’m glad he …
2 days in a row of not hiking. What an odd thing. What’s even more, I went to the movies today. Tehachapi has a tiny movie theatre with 4 screens. Merlin, Marble, IPA and me went to see ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’. To have the full american experience, I of course went in with …
Slow day. I slept in until 8. Feels so good. I got the practicalities out of the way early and Guillaume and I headed to Walmart for the obligatory resupply. On the way we saw High Five, No Bear and Christopher. High Five planning to lounge in his hotel’s pool for 2 days to let …
In the morning I said goodbye to Coyote. He would get a ride from Hikertown back to LA for his flight home. Fuck, this sucks. I feel for him as well, he was having a blast here and it pains him even more than me to leave. Goodbye Coyote, see you on the other side. …
