Trail Stats & Fun Facts

Ya, ya I know we said we would update this soon after getting back. We get side tracked sometimes. Now you can understand how it was on our thru-hike. "Ya, we will definitely get out of town tomorrow morning...after a big breakfast...well we really should just stay for lunch now...and dinner." 4 sandwiches and 2 pints of ice cream later we usually made it out of town.

We put together some fun facts and statistics about our hike. Before we get to that though, we want to say how jealous we are of all those planning a thru hike in 2013. We looked at a lot of journals and websites for help when we were in the planning stage and we would love to help out anyone thinking of a thru-hike in the future. If anyone has questions, wants to hear stories, or just talk about what an amazing trail the PCT is, feel free to email us at totem.junglecookie@gmail.com.

Trail Stats

Days total: 147
zero days: 11
most days off in a row: 2 (shasta and tahoe)
miles per day including 0 days: 18.3
miles per day not including 0 days: 19.6
longest day: 41.4 miles
shortest day: 0.25 miles
earliest started hiking: 4:30 am
latest ended hiking: 10:00 pm

average pack weight: 25-30 lbs
4 pairs of shoes each
10 pairs of socks for Nate 8 for Jenna
 replaced: glasses, headlamp, many batteries, Nate's insoles, Tent, water treatment method
most water carried: 15 L shared
most food: 8 days
candy bars per day: 1 each in the beginning, after a month it became 2-4
meals that Jenna got sick of: EVERYTHING except cereal, oatmeal, and instant breakfasts
meals that Nate got sick of: vanilla instant breakfasts, cinnamon poptarts (still cannot eat poptarts), hummus, pre-made trail mix
Favorite trail meals: Jenna- cereal, avocado with tortilla, nutella with a spoon, Nate- avocado and tuna in a tortilla, peanut butter and nutella in a tortilla, broccoli cheese rice knorr side, candy bars
Things we missed the most: Jenna- family and climbing, Nate- family, dog, reading, and climbing

2 days of hiking in rain
20 showers
14 loads of laundry (two times we washed our stuff in a bucket)
3 bears seen
0 mountain lions seen
falls on trail: 2 nate, 1 jenna
estimated thrus met: 100
hottest we ever were: near whitewater creek
coldest we ever were: Whitney sunrise, followed by morning under Mt. Adams

Two months after being back it is still hard to believe we even did this. We miss it so much and it is so bittersweet to look at pictures and talk about the trail. We are both pretty confident in saying that, while this was our first thru-hike, it will not be our last. We have caught the bug!

-Jenna and Nate