Tomorrow morning I will start on a 24 hour long hike as part of the Alzheimer’s Association’s “The Longest Day” campaign, which lands on the longest day of the year.
I will start hiking at the Poo Poo Point (hehe…) trailhead and hike the 42 miles to the Pacific Crest Trail at Snoqualime Pass. The map below shows the route and will be updated with my current location, approximately every hour, as I go. I had originally planned to start from my front door, which would have put the hike to the PCT at 55 miles. As much as I would like to say I could, I don’t think I could mange 55 miles in a day with a full backpack. 42 on the other hand…
I will also posting quick hourly video updates which you can view here or on my Instagram. Since i’ll be listening to a lot of music I’ll also post my favorite song of the past hour. I have a feeling that things might get weird, sleep deprivation and exhaustion are a hell of combo.
Each hour I’ll take a quick 5 to 10 minute break to post updates and do some stretching along with two 30 minute to 1 hour meal beaks. If I reach the PCT before the 24 hours is I’ll keep going until the time is up. Depending on where I end up i’ll either jump in a car back home or pitch a tent and sleep for a few hours before hiking back to the pass to get picked up.
I hope you follow along and invite others to do the same, it should be interesting to watch at the very least. I also want to thank everyone who has made a donation already, your kindness is amazing. To those that haven’t made a donation yet please consider doing so by clicking this link. If you can’t make a monetary donation you can always just share this link with a friend.
