Lisa's Pacific Crest Trail Thru-Hike Journal
Apr 24, 2022
Day 15
Distance hiked today: 0.6 miles + 4.7 miles off trail = 5.3 miles / 8.5 km.We packed up our things and hitched a ride...
Apr 23, 2022
Day 14
Zero miles.We took a Zero day in Idyllwild to rest. We cooked breakfast in the airBnB kitchen, and did our resupply a...
Apr 22, 2022
Day 13
Distance hiked today: 2.8 miles + 4.7 miles off trail = 7.5 miles / 12.1 km.At 6am we packed away our wet camp and wa...
Apr 21, 2022
Day 12
Distance hiked today: 14 miles / 22.5 km.The day started gloriously, waking up from our cowboy camp by the Paradise V...
Apr 20, 2022
Day 11
Distance hiked today: 20.3 miles / 32.7 km.Today was long and rough. We made the goal of camping at the Paradise Vall...
Apr 19, 2022
Day 10
Distance hiked today: 19 miles / 30.6 km.This morning the trail followed a creek through the forest, and I grabbed wa...
Apr 18, 2022
Day 9
Distance hiked today: 11.4 miles / 18.3 km.The trail meandered through more open meadows today, past Eagle Rock (we p...
Apr 17, 2022
Day 8
Distance hiked today: 18.1 miles / 29 km.I hiked 8.4 miles / 13.5 km by 10:30am to a water cache - the only one on tr...
Apr 16, 2022
Day 7
Distance hiked today: 5.9 miles / 9.5 km.
The small town of Julian filled with thru-hikers and their tell-tale backpa...
Apr 14, 2022
Days 5 & 6
Day 5. Distance hiked today: 15.9 miles / 25.6 km.
It was a hot and sunny day. I was able to get water from a few spi...
Apr 10, 2022
Days 1-4
77 miles / 124 km done this week! So far so good. Future updates will have more detail as I get into the groove of trail life. It's amazing how little free time you have when on trail & living out of a bag. For now, here's a brief update for days 1-4.
Apr 9, 2022
Thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail
In 2019, Lisa was 1,270km into her PCT thru-hike when a type 1 diabetes diagnosis changed everything - including what she could eat in the backcountry. There were no options that met her needs, so she built one. Now she's back to finish all 4,265km, fueled by the meals she created out of necessity. Follow along.
