Mick Beckers

Day 11: 200 miles

Day 11: mile 190.5 to mile 214.1 (23.6 miles, 38km) Today started with a 5am rise, my first cooked breakfast

Day 10: Idyllwild to mile 190.5 PCT Trail miles: 178 to 190.5 (12.5 mile) Side trail miles: Tarquitz Peak 4.4

If you haven’t caught up with the thru-hiker lingo yet a zero day is basically a ‘rest’ day with zero

Day 8: mile 131.5 to mile 151.8 (20.3 mile,32 km) I had one thing on my mind today – get

Day 7: Warner Springs 109.5 to mile 131.4 (22 miles, 35km) I can’t do the midday heat anymore. It is

Mile 94.4 to mile 109.5 Warner Springs (15.1 mile, 24 km, 7 hours) Last night was windy but warm again.

Day 5: mile 74.4 to 94.4 (20 miles, 32 km) I was up with the sun again this morning, really

Day 4: mile 56 to mile 74.4 (18.4 mile) (29.6 km) It was a really warm night last night. Sleeping

Day 3: 18.8 mile 37.2 to mile 56 (18.4 miles, 29.6km) Woke early feeling a little stiff in the legs

Mile 20 Lake Morena to mile 37.2 (17.2 miles, 27.7km, 9 hrs) Day 2 of any hiking trip is always