{"id":2293,"date":"2018-04-10T17:48:24","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T17:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minorcoursecorrection.com\/?p=2293"},"modified":"2026-05-24T23:55:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T23:55:47","slug":"day-5-the-makings-of-a-good-thru-hike-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/10\/day-5-the-makings-of-a-good-thru-hike-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 5: The Makings of a Good Thru-Hike Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Started: <\/b>Penny Pines (48.7)<br><strong><b>Ended: <\/b><\/strong>Camp Site (64.0)<br><b>Total: <\/b>15.3 miles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our day today starts with a 25 mile no water carry.  I&#8217;m not strong enough to do that in a day, and my biggest weakness so far has been the heat.  I know that it isn&#8217;t even hot yet!  I proposed trying to do a ten-by-ten.  That is ten miles by ten in the morning.  By starting our hike in the early morning, our water needs will be less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fishtank and I got up at 4 a.m. and we were on the trail by 4:30.  We moved quickly in the cool dark morning air.  Unfortunately, we crossed the 50 mile point, but we didn&#8217;t see it.  When the sun rose, we stopped for breakfast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/jphikes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2018-04-10-08.08.50-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We reached our last water point and loaded up with eight liters.  The plan was to stop around 11 a.m. for lunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I hiked alone for most of the morning.  The views were incredible.  The views were the reason I chose the PCT over the AT.  This is what I dreamed about when I fantasized about hiking this holy ground.  I even reached the point of the photo I use for my webpage!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/jphikes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2018-04-10-08.31.10-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite my best efforts, I could only muster eight miles by 10 a.m., so I still have some work to do.  I was feeling great, but I found a comfortable shady stop.  Jamie from Wisconsin joined me.  After a rest and a snack, I started again, but I was exposed to the sun and it sucked all my energy.  I went from a full tank to an empty tank in short order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fishtank caught up to me, but I still needed to rest. I sat for a while longer. Eventually, I garnered enough strength to meet up at where we agreed to eat like lunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/jphikes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2018-04-10-13.33.41-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fishtank rigged some Tyvek with bungy cords to make some shade. So, we baked under some makeshift shade.  I huddled next to a bunch of people I just met a couple of days ago.  We all stink like hell, but I am happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We were back up about three in the afternoon and went back to hiking.  Candice, the sweet person who helped me the first day caught up with the rest of us.  I hiked with her for a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We reached a campsite for five, so we stopped there.  I could have continued once the sun started to go down, but this this is where we are at.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tomorrow we will hitch into Julian. We&#8217;ll probably zero.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Started: Penny Pines (48.7)Ended: Camp Site (64.0)Total: 15.3 miles Our day today starts with a 25 mile no water carry. I&#8217;m not strong enough to do that in a day, and my biggest weakness so far has been the heat. I know that it isn&#8217;t even hot yet! I proposed trying to do a ten-by-ten. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/10\/day-5-the-makings-of-a-good-thru-hike-day\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Day 5: The Makings of a Good Thru-Hike Day<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pct2018"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2293"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3029,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293\/revisions\/3029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}