Lake Georgetown Training Hike 6/23/24

Sunday, June 23, 2024

Hike: Tejas Camp to almost Russell Park and back (Goodwater Trail)

Weather: Sunny, warm, humid

Hikers: Ian solo

Length: 8.27 miles

I could have put this on my PCT blog under training, but figured it could go here since I haven’t updated this blog in a good while.

This is one of my favorite training hikes because it’s fairly flat and is good for testing gear and just building general endurance. In the summer time, you have to be out on trail early to beat the heat, ideally right around sun up. I started just after 7am on this one.

We haven’t fully hit the blastfurnace phase of Texas summer yet, so it’s still somewhat tolerable, but I still like to be off trail by 10:30 or so.

As I say in the following videos (you may need to click on them individually to get the full screen version and also to up the quality to 1080p – c’mon WordPress!), I’m gearing up to do a section of the PCT in about 3 weeks, starting July 14th (maybe 13th, if I don’t get off the waitlist for a trail maintenance course in Truckee).

I’m testing a couple new pieces of gear, mainly my new bear canister, which I will be carrying all 65 miles of my hike. It’s bulky, but fits decently enough in my pack. Also, I’m going stoveless, so that’s a pice of gear I will NOT miss. It never fit right in my pack and I only used it three times in a month on the PCT last year. I can survive off tortilla roll ups and clif bars and such just fine.

Anyway, if anyone wants to follow that hike, check out my other blog here.