Day 26 : 7 Litres

15th May 2013
Mile 342 to 357 : Cajon Pass to Gobbler's Knob
Mileage : 15

I am writing this from the Best Western motel at Cajon Pass. We have a 22 mile dry stretch and it is all uphill. No exagerations. It is one continuous uphill slog gaining about 6000 feet. In order to get me through today I'll be carrying 7 litres of water, I hope it's enough. Thankfully some of the weight is offset by the fact that the next resupply is in a couple days time, but it is still a lot! And just to be make things more fun we'll be starting this hike at 11am, just in time for the heat, wooo! Good times!

Team Pacific Rest Trail in action. From left to right : Whispers,  Mr Green, Dishcloth & Kat

The San Andreas fault!

So thankfully the hike was not as daunting as I first thought. There are actually 2 water caches 5 and 15 miles into the hike, but everyone i had met said they should not be depended upon. So that was why the 7 litres were necessary, but when we got to the first cache just before the big climb thankfully it was stocked. As we were sat there thinking about the climb 3 people showed up who happened to be the angels managing the two caches (names and pictures to come later) who said they had just stocked te higher cache, wooo! Safe in the knowledge that there was water we drank all our extra water and headed out with the standard 2 litres, much, much easier on the body. The climb was done and dusted in a couple hours and we camped just after the cache pleased to be up in the pine trees once again.