Gear

So here's the complete setup for me:

Sleeping bag, ThermaRest torso mattress, 1/2 fleece blanket, tarp, stuff sack for bearbagging, 50ft rope, compass, map and guidebook, flashlight, bowl, cup and spork, 4 days food, 2 water bottles, hammock, knife, TP, poncho, all the hygene stuff, first aid kit, sunblock, MSR Whisperlite stove, tarp, book, notebook and pen, matches, camera, I-pod, flip-flops for camp, trail shoes, and clothing.

Here's Trav's Setup. (sorry about the mess...we're in the throes of packing to move..)

Sleeping bag, ThermaRest foam pad, tent, stuff sack for bearbagging, 50 ft. rope, 2 gas bottles, titanium pot and stove wind shield, 4 days food, 2 water bottles, flute, cards, insect repellant, (spray, coils and citronella candles..) TP, poncho, emergency blanket, bowl, cup, spork, candle lantern, boots, camp shoes, clothing, I-pod, notebook and pen, book, hammock, bottom half of a collapsible jug for washing, (weighs 2 oz. and oh so useful..) matches, survival tool, knife, hat.

We have to make do with this for 120 miles until we get to our first resupply. With a stop at Hyatt Lake, we're taking 8 days to do this stretch. It leaves us plenty of time to sunbathe....

We're sending more stuff ahead in our resupply box to Lake of the Woods, in Southern Oregon. Mainly more food and mosquito repellant. They'll be fierce in the Sky Lakes Wilderness! It's been a wet year and we're hiking in hatch time......Also tackle and the fishing poles. Trout are also numerous.... We plan on alternate routes through section C, (Hwy 140 to Hwy 138) taking the Red and Sky Lakes trails instead of the PCT, because they offer better fishing, Red Blanket Creek trail for the waterfalls, and alternate trails in Crater Lake National Park so we can actually see the lake. The PCT skirts around it through dry pine forest, for environmental impact reasons.

My parent's are picking us up at Rim Village in Crater Lake National Park, and taking us to Diamond Lake Resort for a few days R&R. Travis and I have been going to Diamond Lake since we were kids, and his parents are also meeting us there. What a wonderful support system!!

We'll skip about 12 miles of the PCT by hiking the Thielsen Creek Trail from Diamond Lake, instead of picking up where we left off at Crater Lake, but i've hiked most of it before, and we can always do the skipped miles next summer on a weekend trip.