In late August and early September I hiked the John Muir Trail with my boyfriend Keith. We hiked northbound (NoBo), covering 225 miles over the course of 18 days, and ended in Yosemite Valley on September 7th. The JMT was fun and challenging and at points a suffer-fest, and hopefully represents the start of many more thru hikes – in short it was a damn good adventure. Below are daily blog posts from our 18 days on the trail. Enjoy.
JMT Day 1 – The Best Sunset of My Life
JMT Day 2 – It’s Fucking Cold Up Here
JMT Day 3 – High Intensity Strolling
JMT Day 4 – Welcome to the REI Catalogue
JMT Day 5 – I’m Not Crying, You’re Crying!
JMT Day 6 – Scared Australians Give Terrible Beta
JMT Day 7 – Poor Limpy Perkins
JMT Day 8 – Accidentally Hiking Forever
JMT Day 9 – “Oh, Fuck off Giggles”
JMT Day 10 – Bears Around an Ice Hole
JMT Day 11 – It’s Hard to Human. Ya Know?
JMT Day 12 – I Don’t Know What I’m Talking About, but You’re Definitely Wrong
JMT Day 13 – Everything is a Sunset (aka Fire)
JMT Day 14 – We. Are. HIKERTRASH!
JMT Day 15 – Goodbye Old Friends
JMT Day 17 – Nice Crocks Ya Got There
JMT Day 18 – It’s Like Euro Disney