In this stretch, we have begun the section where the Pacific Crest Trail intersects with the John Muir Trail. The JMT runs from Mount Whitney, the highest mountain in the continental United States, to Tuolumne Meadows near Yosemite Valley. The average altitudes that we have been hiking at is in excess of 10,000 ft, often …

Finally have a chance to post again. We have been going through more remote portions of the trail, and I have found data perhaps 3 times in the last two weeks. We have reached a major landmark, finishing the first 700 miles and the desert in this stretch. We’re worn out, but excited for what …

After recuperating our bodies and minds in Wrightwood for the last few days, we’re back at it. This has been our longest continuous section yet. Over these last 200 miles, we have been slept through a snowstorm, summitted 2 mountains, crossed one of the world’s largest wind farms, and went through the eerie site of …

Before writing about this section, I wanted to get a little time behind me. Though the trail was not too difficult, this was the hardest part of the journey so far for me, as I was hiking through an injury. Despite this, we experienced some of our most beautiful, bleak and bizarre views so far …