Just when I was resigned to an afternoon of relaxation and munching soft serve ice cream at the very middling Kennedy Meadows North, an opportunity presented itself! Merlin, Marble, Lucky Charm, Half and Half, IPA and Lavalamp were a bit behind us and only made it into KM North that morning. As we were having …
Kennedy Meadows North, as per their own saying, has nothing to do with Kennedy Meadows South. Kennedy Meadows North has better infrastructure, food and hiker supplies. Kennedy Meadows North even had Starlink wifi, exclusively for pct hikers. Kennedy Meadows North was also absurdly expensive for the meagre services on offer. It all began quite well …
Day 64: Let’s not go to Kennedy Meadows, ’tis a silly place Read More »
I woke up at 5h30 and heard the rain pattering on my tent. Any form of wetness is a good enough excuse, so I went back to bed. At 6 I woke again and packed up. Something instantly felt off. Last night I suddenly realized I was crying without knowing why and it felt like …
Not much to report. I hiked for a while with Andy, we ended up doing 24 miles and 5000 feet of up. Quite a lot for this terrain. Not really feeling it today. Hopefully tomorrow is better. Although a storm is predicted then.
Waking up, I realized we’d pulled it off. Due to the bullshit permit system, it was sort of illegal for us to camp at the main backpacking campground. But no one caught us, so there’s that. IPA got back to us late in the evening after climbing Half Dome, his face aglow from the experience. …
