Day 148 (PNT 53)

Day 158 (PNT 53): 16 miles

The alarm went off at 3am and I wasn’t feeling it, but I was feeling finishing. I packed up my stuff with sand fleas hopping all over.

The first mile flew by and I was feeling good. I thought I might make it to the terminus in good time. Then I hit a section that was all slippery rocks in water. I couldn’t see shit and I was slipping around constantly. I slipped into the water probably 6-7 times and was pissed every time. I had my headlamp on but couldn’t really see shit around me. This 3-4 miles was super slow going and angering. I moved less than 1 mph for most of it. Once it was light, it was a lot easier. I could try to look for a better route through the rocks rather than just barging forward only seeing 6 feet in front of me.

I did get a little risky on a pinch point as the tide was getting bigger again. There were some big rocks just out of the water that were slippery with water crashing around. As I stepped from one big rock to another, a big wave crashed and the former rock was underwater. I felt like an action movie star 😎

Within the last 2 miles of trail I lost the pommel on my trekking pole. I backtracked a little to find it but had no luck. I thought I might need it for one more night of camping before returning to civilization but it turned out to not be a problem.

When I reached Cape Alava I was pretty happy. I was feeling myself. This has been a tough hike, especially at the end. I was not the biggest fan of beach hiking. But overall the trail was amazing. I expected it to be beautiful and it sure was. I ended up taking a little longer than expected, mainly cause I took a lot more zeros than expected. My loose deadline to finish early enough to hike the CT next was September 5th and I finished on the 5th. Know thyself

Thankfully the trail provides! Within 5 minutes of me hitchhiking out of the trailhead, the first car stopped and they were headed all the way back to Seattle. Sometimes life can’t work out any better.

Song of the day: violent crime-Kanye west