Backpacking on dkcrw

20240806 Crater Lake to Bend (mile 2002)

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

One of the things people are most often curious about the trail is where we get our water from.

There are a variety of different ways you can make the water found in lakes, streams, puddles and ponds drinkable. These range from filters and purification tables, to good old fashioned boiling. The most popular by far is the Sawyer Squeeze, a no-frills filter making impressive claims (99.99999% effective against bacteria and protozoa, lifetime warrantee). In contrast the least popular gadget by far were the UV sterilization pens, which we saw only once when someone approached us to borrow some water because they had broken theirs. However, all of these methods require a decent quantity of dirty water to get started, and finding the water can prove difficult.

20240516 Julian to I-10 (mile 209)

Tue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Have you ever heard a rattlesnake use its rattle in anger? I have, and it is LOUD. It doesn’t sound like it does in films, like a delicate castanet, slow and threatening. It is a harsh whirring, a vibrating, oscillating, terrifying VRWRWRWRWRW sound that fills every empty inch of air. I have seen plenty of rattlesnakes by now, but all of them either juvenile or so sedate that I was never in any real fear of danger. Coming down the north side of the San Jacinto mountain though, having just sailed over the mile 200 marker, I did hear one. And it not only scared the life out of me, but I jumped so high that I lost an earbud.

20240405 Pacific Crest Trail

Fri, 05 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Location : North America

Distance : 4,265km

Route :

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What is the Pacific Crest Trail?

This summer Grace and I are going to walk 2,650 miles from Campo (the border of Mexico and Southern California) to Canada’s Manning Park. This is known as the Pacific Crest Trail and is made up of a series of backcountry tracks stretching through California, Oregon, and Washington. It has existed officially since the mid-20th century, but joins up historic trails through the much older national parks such as Sequoia and Yosemite. The trail crosses the San Andreas fault three times and traverses around 60 mountain passes. Around 10,000 people are known to have completed it, which is around 1,500 fewer than the maximum capacity of Luton Town’s Kenilworth Road. For context, in 2023 58,015 people ran the London Marathon.