Last night felt better. Maybe the trick is not to cinch the quilt completely tight around the neck? Regardless, it was seriously cold this morning! The tent’s outer shell was frozen stiff, both inside and out. The upside to double-wall tents is that 99.9% of the moisture stays on the outer shell, so it doesn’t […]

The Coldest Night on the Trail This was hands down the coldest night I’ve experienced on the PCT so far. Maybe it didn’t help that I slept slightly downhill because I couldn’t find a flatter spot for the tent. Regardless, I was shivering from 2:00 AM onwards. When I crawled out of the tent in

Night Worries and Morning Pack-Up Today kicked off a bit rough. Even though I was writing like a champ, I was up and down to the bathroom about four times last night. Was it the cold, or just my stomach finally catching up with the stress? Honestly, I have no clue. We rolled out of

A Morning Full of Surprises Today started pretty unexpectedly. I woke up around six and actually felt decent. Made some coffee, grabbed the leftover pizza from last night, and was just chilling, eating, while everyone else around me was deep in conversation. I wasn’t paying much attention until the question came: “And you?” A bit