Lessons we learned after hiking 500+ miles of the PCT
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ย. 2024
- Here is what we have learned after hiking more than 500 miles of the PCT. From physical aspect to finances and general trail tips. We hope that this information helps all future hikers with planning for their future PCT adventures. Happy trail to everyone!!
Hi I hope you’re getting stronger for your return to the hike. I understand the pain and having to stop due to injury. A hiker named Anthony had to stop in the Sierra due to injury he started super strong. The trail will always be there. If possible the Northern California to the End is a little easier so they say. I wish you two the very best. Make some videos about life as you are missed your content has always been great I have seen all your videos and thanks for sharing. Sending you prayers and positive vibes
JoP
I hiked to PVC before a family emergency took me out for the season. Hope to return this fall. I planned to the max, knowing the more I planned the more changes I'd have but was generally satisfied. Had a couple of food choices that wouldn't work but I'd never tried them outside before so glad to have a chance to realize that while off trail. Biggest errors were with gear and that was due to my relative inactivity the last few years and not knowing the newer products that well so glad I did a lot of research still. You mentioned price gouging so I wondered if you live in SoCal? I'm from WA so can't tell what's typical but did find the store at Laguna was awful in multiple ways but Bodego was awesome in the same ways.
Hello Sadie & Zag!. It was really cool meeting you guys at the LA RV Resort. Have you made any plans to get back on the trail this year? Perhaps 2025? I am considering getting back on the trail in 2025 but would start much later. I would basically start where I left the trail or I might consider SOBO. My goal is to avoid snow as much as possible. LOL Perhaps we will meet again. :)
You guys got through the San Jacinto's, mission creek/white water, big bear, wrightwood and more.
Then you made great videos to share your adventure with us. Thanks for bringing us along.
As an L.A. resident we are sorry about the price gouging in those towns.
Some towns like Acton is really a rich person retirement area so the prices are high.
Get stronger Sadie, and hope to see you all back.
Feel better. Get better. Thanks for the tips on stretching before and after, and cost inflation. There needs to be a new word for exploitangels.
Great info. Thx! 's been fun following you guys this spring, hope to see you guys back on the PCT in the future.
Good advice. When you get back on trail consider flipping up to NorCal and do Oregon and Washington before wildfire season then do Sierra when the snow is mostly gone.
That's our plan so far!
@@sadieandzag I (and my family) live in Camas, WA (20min from PDX and 40mi from Bridge of the Gods) right along the Columbia River. Keep us in mind if you need anything - ride, laundry, etc.
You may not want to start in NorCal before late May, maybe only June, and new snow in the Sierra will start latest in October.
Hey kidos, Life Alert here. Thanks for the good advice and taking the time to share your experiences. I agree w/ the comment about our fires in N. Ca. Get that done asap and then pick up the skipped areas. I live right in the middle of this fire area and do experience it every year.
Looking forward to seeing you soon!!
Lovely video guys, your tips and experience are just so helpful! 👏👏
Enjoyed watching your journey while it lasted and appreciate you sharing your best tips.
Unfortunately the convenience store food prices are just the norm here in California (most of it, anyways). If anyone watching this plans on resupplying on the fly, know that there will be places that cost 25-50% more than the rest of the U.S.
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ELEVATION. Do you acclimate to higher elevations as you hike or would you like to spend a week above 10,000 feet to adjust. You can hike any of the 6 pack of Peaks in a day. I've done a weekend in 1972, from Idyllwild, Saddle Junction, Mt. San Jacinto, Palms Springs Aerial Tramway down. My Boy Scout friend's mom drove us up to Idyllwild on Friday and my parents met us at the top of the tramway on Sunday, stopping for pizza on the way home. At the time we lived at 500 feet ASL.
Dependent on the Individual! We live in Coastal NC and are below sea level at times 😂. Hiking 10-20 miles a day should be gradual enough to not be affected by the altitude. But if you're more sensitive, you can get Diamox at an urgent Care or through your doctor. I've heard that even taking viagra can help with the symptoms of altitude sickness.
-Sadie
$5K for the first 500 miles? What?
3 days of food at the most "convenient" stop along the trail was on average $90+ for the both of us. We're talkin ramen and tuna. A meal for two people not including alcohol at a restaurant along the trail was on average $50+ for two. A cheap, reasonable hotel once or twice a week was $150+. Some camp sites charge $10+ per person (not tent). California has always been expensive but this year it is alot!
"Trail angels" would charge $40 for a 15 minute ride... Doing the research to find good trail angels and places off of the beaten path to avoid high prices near trail is important! Alot of the time you don't have any other options though. Just something to be aware of! We were making a point to take more rests in the beginning but it got expensive fast. Staying with a group would have been a better option but we were ahead of the wave I guess.
@@sadieandzag $40 per ride ??? What??? It wasn’t like that when I hiked it .. gosh.. it’s a total business now
@@TheTrailDancer lots of folks were definitely capitalizing on the hikers!
@@sadieandzag sad!! It seems it has gotten worse now omg
@@TheTrailDancer They seem to have a "full service" approach. I hiked until the PCT midpoint this year, and may have spent a total of less than 500$ for all my rides in 4 months. Very often I hitchhiked for free, some trail angels just accepted a donation, like 20$ for an hour long drive; also used Uber/Lyft. But yes, there are those so called "trail angels", which are just unlicensed commercial operators, charging up to twice the Uber price (where there is no Uber available). In SoCal you often got motel rooms for 100$ or less. In NorCal no more.