PCT 2018 California Section A – Campo to Warner Springs – Hot and Dry!

Well begun is half done

Dateline: Warner Springs, CA (20180509)

Our PCT adventure has begun and it has more learning than expected.  Both cold and heat played a role.  Water and food consumption were both radically different than expected.  In the desert, I was needing a third to a half again as much water as I had needed on my training hikes.  And losing over 14 lbs in 10 days, I know I’ve got to consumer more calories on future hikes than I have been in Section A.  It’s not that I didn’t have the food.  I simply didn’t have the appetite.  Reflections on those items and much more are in the video that follows.

I apologize for the long video.  I didn’t have time to produce a short one.  I’m back on the trail to start Section B this morning.

Fair winds