Had an okay night of sleep after waking up at 10:30 to throw the rain fly up. That was a hard way to learn we don’t remember how to pitch the tent properly.
Ate a protein pick and chugged a liter of water for breakfast. It’s much cooler and I’m hoping the rest of the day follows suit. The climb out of camp is a little tough on me but I make it through with Jake leading the charge.
We get some cruisey miles to our next water source where we plan to stop for lunch. As I was grabbing water to filter later I lost my balance on the rocks, slammed my arm into a tree and completely submerged my left foot. The lunch stop could not come soon enough. We did hike on for another mile or so before we found a good shady spot overlooking Timothy lake. I ate my last bagel with string cheese and olives then took a nap.
More chill miles after lunch to see little crater lake. Then we are climbing to camp near a spring. Other hikers we met today have told us there are lots of mosquitoes and they are right.
PCT Hike 