A Thru-Hiker's Blog
Date: 9/9/18 Miles: 16.9 Total Miles: 138.4 When I reached out of my hammock and lit the stove for coffee, the contrast of the dull warmth of the stove’s heat against the chill of the morning air only amplified how cold of a night it had been. Nestled into a basin all its own, Star…
Date: 9/8/18 Miles: 17.6 Total Miles: 121.5 The southern portion of the Tahoe Rim Trail sweeps well away from the lake itself, so much so that it’s possible to forget the lake is even there at all let alone your orientation to it. Today, however, we began making our turn back towards the lake while…
Date: 9/7/18 Miles: 18.7 Total Miles: 103.9 Just as the sun began to crest the distant ridge, we were already saying our goodbyes to the Desolation Wilderness. The uncharacteristically rock-choked trail that had begun almost upon entering the wilderness yesterday continued for a few final miles as we hewed closely to the shore of Echo…
Date: 9/6/18 Miles: 16.4 Total Miles: 85.2 Returning somewhere that holds a special space in your memory can go one of two ways—either the anticipation proves too great for the reality to live up to the recollection or the memory is renewed and reaffirmed. Today was most certainly the latter. The Desolation Wilderness is a…
Date: 9/5/18 Miles: 17.3 Total Miles: 68.8 Little did I know how close we were. Our hammock spot last night was a mere few hundred yards from the junction of where the Tahoe Rim Trail joins the Pacific Crest Trail for a 50-mile stretch through the mountains along the west side of Lake Tahoe. Moments…
