The sunrise was of course stunning bit a little but rushed since Croco (the other German guy’s trail name) and Sinead got a bit stressed out by all the passing hikers and instead of hiking out at 7:00am we already started at 6:00am. It was only a few miles till the peak and since everything…

Since we did not feel like doing some more miles yesterday (after summiting Mount Whitney!), today was supposed to be a very easy day, doing just those 8 miles (12,8km) to get just below Forester Pass (4 030m) – highest point on the PCT (Mount Whitney was a side trip). Due to some snow that…

This day started technically already yesterday for me. I got up at 23:20 and prepared myself for summiting Mount Whitney (4 414m). We were camping on a tensite at 3 247m where most people would start their summit. Going up for sunrise is pretty popular though a lot of people do it during the day.…

Well, the great sleep did not happen because since yesterday I somehow got a puncture in my sleeping pad and deflated almost instantly so I was lying on a cold ground. The night was also relatively cold so I was up multiple times. Oh well. After we packed everything we were making our way closer…

I had to pee at 5am and woke up to a really beautiful sunrise but I did go back to sleep afterwards for like half an hour. This night was also much warmer so nothing got wet overnight. Today we have another 17 miles to go (27,2km) before getting closer to Mount Whitney tomorrow. From…

This night was one of the coldest on trail and not only because we were cowboy camping next to a river but also because a mist surrounded us on the meadow. Even though there were mice around us playing catch me if you can, I fell asleep pretty fast and slept actually pretty good although…

Today I got up before my alarm – people were being a bit loud again. We got breakfast first and then I called my family since the WiFi connection was better today. It’s always really nice talking to them but I’m not gonna lie, I miss them so much. Afterwards I started packing my stuff…

EN (for Czech scroll down): Although I thought I would sleep a bit longer today I actually got up before my alarm (set to 7am!) because some hikers around us were a tad loud. We went to the patio to get breakfast aka really yummy pancakes. Afterwards me, Ann and Stefi checked out the two…

EN (for Czech scroll down): I had yet another “eventful night”. I woke up at around 23:30pm hearing some sounds and it turned out a chipmunk was cruising around my tent. I tried turning on my headlamp couple of times but it didn’t work. The last thing I wanted was to get more holes in…

EN (for Czech scroll down): This night was definitely one of my least favorite ones. There were so many animals around us and one specifically close to my tent. I don’t know if that was a mouse, a chipmunk or something else but as I discovered later today (while setting up my tent) there were…