PCT Day 25, 06 June 2022 (Monday)
"D Miles"
Start Location: |
Upper Shake CG |
Destination: |
Hiker Town |
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PCT Miles Day 25: |
24.2 |
Cum PCT Miles: |
517.6 |
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Non-PCT Miles Day 25: |
0.3 |
Cum All Miles: |
543.8 |
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PCT Miles Remaining: |
2,135.0 |
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Elevation Gain Day 25: |
3,797 |
Cum Elevation Gain: |
87,757 |
Well I didn’t get murdered last night at the horror movie set of a campground, so that was good.
Today I passed 500 miles (thus the roman numeral "D" in the post title) while traveling on some interesting trail near the Lancaster/Palmdale desert. It’s been such a blur of hiking, I don’t even know what to think about hiking this many miles. I do know I’m looking forward to getting to Tehachapi in a couple days and taking my second zero. I am definitely ready for another rest day.
It was windy again today, but not as much as yesterday. I still got pushed around a bit by the wind, and had to be satisfied with a little slower hiking pace while heading into the wind, but still it wasn’t all that bad.
I am about 9 miles ahead of schedule, and ended the day at a very funky place called Hiker Town. It looks like an old Hollywood Western movie set, and I am staying in the doctor/dentist building. It’s a popular place for PCT hikers to stop at or stay because there are no other viable campsites for many miles around. It’s also the jumping off point for hiking the Los Angeles Aqueduct section of trail. This is another one of those really iconic sections of trail, and many hikers like to do it in the evening when it is much cooler and finding shade is not an issue.
It’s interesting, for the first time, I saw absolutely no other PCT hikers on the trail today, but when I got to Hiker Town there were probably around 30. And probably another 10-20 arrived after me.
Whoa, this is getting serious. 500 miles!
Who would ever guess that this oak forest is just west of Lancaster.
Hiker Town.
My "room" at Hiker Town.
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