May 5th, 2016
I'm heading out today to California, to start my first PCT hike! Despite my family's objections, I'll be hitchhiking. I hope I make good time. It's hardly the least of my mother's worries, bless her heart, but I have a great faith in the kindness of others. I've hitchhiked before, and in my experience it's only the best kind of people that will pick up a traveler on the side of the road anyway. I'm looking forward to meeting some wonderful people along the way.
In an effort to conserve on weight as much as possible, I've decided to not take a tent or sleeping bag, per se. I'll be using my SOL escape bivvy with a Thermalite extreme liner and CCF pad for a total of 26 ounces, though I'll be bringing my polypro thermals for the colder nights. I'll also have my GI poncho for those bursts of inclement weather ...today included, as well as my cook kit which includes a Stanley adventure set and alcohol stove. With so much ground to cover, I decided I should probably go pretty light this year. For the sake of documenting along the way, I'll also have my phone (I apologize in advance for the low resolution photos) and a solar charger. I probably could have gone with a lighter option here, such as "borrowing" electricity along the way, but I like the idea of "keeping it green". Hopefully, there will be many sunny days ahead of me.
Cheers! I'm off to Campo ...slowly.
[Edit: I can't seem to uploads photos from my phone, so I'll have to figure something else out. Sorry.]
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