When we got back on the trail, the weather was rather cool and windy. Many hikers start this stage at night – but we decided to set off a little later. The route today leads over the famous Los Angeles Aqueduct. In my imagination, this meant hours of hiking over an exposed pipe in the…
When I opened my eyes this morning, I could hardly believe them: The area in front of our tarp looked as if it had been dusted with powdered sugar. It must have frozen overnight and snowed lightly – we hadn’t noticed any of that while we were asleep. When we finally peeled ourselves out of…
Just a few meters from our beach spot, we found another water cache, but we didn’t need anything from it – especially not water, as the nearby river provided more than enough supply. What we did need, however, was the bench next to the cache for our breakfast before we started the ascent again. The…
The night was terrible. We had chosen such an uneven spot that everything hurt. And then I also had to assess and pack up the drama of the tarp that I had “broken” the night before. We quickly packed up our things to have breakfast a few meters away. In the Farout app, I had…
It was a real surprise: when we went to bed that evening, there wasn’t a single cloud in the sky, but the next morning we woke up with wet sleeping bags, surrounded by a mixture of mist and drizzle. Great, and on the second day – really unfavorable. Nevertheless, we packed our wet clothes and…
Today our journey began in Santa Clarita. After dropping off the rental car, we took a Lyft, a kind of cab. Our destination was a campsite near Acton, right on the trail. But there was a problem right at the start: there were two campsites on the same street and I had chosen the wrong…
The Pacific Crest Trail crosses the USA from north to south over a distance of around 4,200 km. The “PCT”, as it is known for short, runs from the Mexican border in the south to the Canadian border in the north. It is located in the western part of the USA and takes the ambitious…
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After my first, rather brief encounter with the Pacific Crest Trail in 2013, my hiking ambitions went quiet for…
After a leisurely start to the first stage, the second day started much earlier. We were the first from our room to leave the accommodation. The morning was at its most beautiful and the view from the bridge, which we soon reached, was particularly impressive. The river and the steep rock faces offered a picturesque…
When we set off from our accommodation the next morning, we were greeted by beautiful weather. The day started promisingly and we first walked past the monastery of San Salvador in Cornellana, which was built in the 11th century and is known for its tranquil atmosphere. It was a beautiful moment to see the historic…
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