MEYERS, Calif. — Even at age 25, walking 25 miles a day in the snowy, high mountains of California is taking a toll on Jeff Garmire of Vancouver, who is attempting to hike the Appalachian, Pacific Crest and Continental Divide trails in a calendar year.
“It’s tough to get up in the morning,’’ Garmire wrote on his blog on Wednesday. “I have been working to stretch as other than the walking motion I am very stiff. I have little feeling in a couple of my toes (this will come back months as I finish walking). My hands are rough and weathered with dirt I cannot remove no matter how much scrubbing I do. Other than this I am very well off physically.’’
Since entering the Sierra Mountains, Garmire has spent a good share of the last 400 miles hiking on snow, including 10 passes above 10,000 feet elevation.
He’s made multiple stream crossings, some chest deep.
While in Yosemite National Park, he took a 16-mile “rest day’’ to hike up the valley to Half Dome and back.
