It’s been about two months, since I have done any hikes of distance, greater than about 6 miles, and boy, can I tell!
I went out today on a very spur of the moment impromptu hike. I started at a place called Acorn creek trail head and hiked along the American River to Cronin Ranch, and then returned. Basically from Salmon Falls Road along the river to Highway 49 and back. I put in about 16.4 miles had fairly steady rain the last four. I had a chance to try out my pack cover. It performed great. There were actually two periods of rain. The first small storm was about 30 minutes. I actually put my rain jacket on for that, but was so overheated my shirt was getting wet from sweat, so I took the rain jacket off. For the second storm it dumped pretty steady for an hour and a half. When I got to the car I was soaked, but still warm.
My PCT hiking plan will be 10 to 12 miles for the first two weeks before increasing to 15 for a week and then moving into the range of 20 miles a day. Today I really felt it around mile 10 definitely need to condition a little more on the trail. At mile 13 I hit a second wind and was able to Clip along at a good pace to finish it off.
The scenery and river views were spectacular! Every time I go out, I continue to be amazed at God’s creation.
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