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The original was posted on /r/Ultralight by /u/ForcefulRubbing on 2025-08-28 22:55:14+00:00.
Quick note, I am not doing a full trip report this time. I did want to share what the trip was, and what worked and what didn’t.
Trip Overview:
- 8 Days (6 full days, 1 partial day, and just an hour on the last day)
- 228 PCT miles (230 miles total), ~30k’ eg
- OR PCT C, D, E, and some of F
- Beginning of this month
Day-by-Day Stats:
- 16 miles, 2,070ft of elevation gain, 4h 16m
- 33 miles, 4,530ft of elevation gain, 11h 16m
- 31 miles, 4,720ft of elevation gain, 11h 33m
- 33 miles, 3,920ft of elevation gain, 11h 22m
- 36 miles, 5,200ft of elevation gain, 13h 38m
- 33 miles, 2,910ft of elevation gain, 11h 56m
- 42 miles, 6,780ft of elevation gain, 14h 7m
- 5 miles, 340ft of elevation gain, 1h 32m
Pack: https://lighterpack.com/r/8m6n0b
What Worked:
- Planning:
- Super easy getting things prepped for this trip. Was going to uber to trail but the guy sitting next to me on my flight offered to drive me to trail.
- Sending packages out for resupply was very easy. I even used a wrong address for one and it made it to the correct spot.
- At the end, hitching out took just 10 minutes of thumbs up and smiling.
- Using a cardboard box as my checked baggage for my pole, stakes, trowel, and powders.
- Training:
- I didn’t do any hiking, backpacking, or time on feet training. I run between 30-50 miles per week and try to get runs on trails as often as possible. That was all I needed. This hike was, at times, a sufferfest but that was kind of what I was expecting (and hoping). Some feet numbness, ligament soreness, and tender spots after, but no injuries to report. Shout out to everyone that gave me unsolicited advice that I would be capped at 20-25 mpd.
- Food:
- I snacked on the hour every hour, and got most of my calories during the day.
- Dinners were Ramen, minus the seasoning, with olive oil and vinegar added in. Totally, refreshing meal to enjoy in your tent after a long day, while mosquitos unsuccessfully try to eat you through your bug netting.
- I felt the best on the days where I had remembered to have Skratch Recovery the night prior.
- Gear:
- My new-ish NB Hierro v7’s got completely destroyed from sole to upper. But they got the job done.
- I am a one pole convert.
- My modded c9111 is a really good pack when it is not overloaded. Adding a bottom pocket was clutch, as was adding a reinforcing shoulder seam.
What Didn’t Work:
- Food:
- I carried and sent myself way too much food. This was due to my plan of taking 9 days to finish the trip, and instead I cut the trip by one day by doing bigger miles. Additionally, it took me the whole trip to get hiker hunger.
- One thing I wont bring next time at all is maltodextrin, it is just too difficult and messy to get into a bottle. Even with the widemouth Gatorade bottle.
- Gear:
- There were a few items that I brought that I never used: headphones, pad straps, bear bag cordage & rock sack.
- I also only used my down jacket one night and think I could’ve gotten by with not bringing it.
- I replaced my old pillow, and for some reason the new version of the trekology pillow was just uncomfortable. Not sure if this was just me or they have changed how it feels.
- With thunderstorms and rain almost every day the inside of my tent was always damp with condensation and really didnt dry during the trip. I wish there was a better way to deal with this, but when I could I slept with it fully open, and would still get condensation.
- Water:
- Not particularly a “didn’t work”, but I poorly planned a few carries where I ended up lugging 2L of water up hills I didn’t need to. Usually I lean on the side of fill up my water, go as far as I can until empty, and then fill up again all the way. But this trip made me question if carrying less, and filling up more often would’ve been more efficient.
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