Day 74 – Feel good … for now

I am so happy to have made yesterday’s long climb on the great night. I found a great camp of approximately one tenth of one less mile from the top of the climb just before dusk, and I could do my camp tasks and cook my dinner and crawl in my store just when the sky became black. I slept very well, as I generally do it along the way, but I still had to add some air to my mattress in the middle of the night. Anyway, it is not really annoying, since I generally wake up in the middle of the night, and I have no trouble falling asleep, but one day I soon need to find that hole and stop it. Honestly, I am thinking that I have to wait for it to get worse a little, it will be easier to find.

It will definitely be more great today than in Sierra City yesterday and the day before. That does not say much, since it was more than 90 ° both days. However, today I had an early start, and I am not doing huge miles if I can help myself, so if it is heated this afternoon, I will find a place without error to take a nap. I’m going to try to walk from 20 to 22 miles per day for next week or so, and see how I feel. I know I can stretch more, but I would like to take my body to a point where I don’t feel beaten and tired at 1 pm

Although I will not reach the middle of the PCT for another day or so, it will certainly not take me 160 days to reach Canada. I have not taken a lot of zeros, not even Neroes, but I am quite sure that I can maintain an average of more than 20 miles for the rest of the walk. I should start a pool with my friends at home when I finished. I have a pretty good idea of when I will be, but a lot can change in the next 1400 miles. My own estimated completion date is written on a spreadsheet. In a few months, when I finally arrived at the north, I will let everyone know how close it was. You will have to trust me.

Now it is almost 1 in the afternoon, and the miles are melting and I feel great. It is one of those days when I could easily do 25 to 27 miles, but I adhere to my self -proven. Upon entering the city of Sierra, I felt erased at 1 pm. Part of that, I know that it is the long day I did while I felt a little under the weather to cross the desert of Desolation, but there is only much trying to keep up with the hikers around me. I want to see how I feel after four or five days of consistent days of 20-22 miles, even if there are great people I want to achieve. I really want to finish this strong walk, and I think the best way to do it is to gradually increase my mileage, instead of the epic days here and there on the road. With today’s miles, that probably means that I am stopping with at least three hours of daylight, but I can use that time to stretch, read and anything else floats in my boat. Who knows, maybe it even allows me to get up early and walk more during cold hours.

Today I have only seen two hikers, and I think they are the ones who are camped a few miles behind me at the climb. I told you hello two or three times, since we have jumped out of the frog along the way, but either they hate me or do not speak much English, because I have not received much more than an assent from one of them. In general, as usual, I have enjoyed time for myself on the way. I heard some audiobook, but my mind was too active, and for some reason I could not pay attention. I will try again later this afternoon or tomorrow. When I get to Quincy, I definitely need to download more music.

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