Journey Day 32 | PCT Day 32

Copy of Snow at overlook, California

 5/18/85

Up early to meet Keith’s sister, we hike off on a well-marked trail. About a half-hour later, we find ourselves on Mt. Islip, having done some good climbing and snow crossings to this peak, which is in the wrong direction!

Keith and I clash and he takes off back to where we started that morning. Luckily his sister was late. We wait two hours before she meets us.

While waiting, Keith and I argue violently and I say I am going to quit the hike because of his feelings. We ride into Malibu in the luxury of a Mark IV, dazed from a month in the wilderness.

Meet his sister’s husband, a Hollywood producer, and shower immediately. Such a wonderful feeling. Our first showers since Big Bear City.

Filet mignons, baked potatoes, corn on the cob and beers fail to satisfy the PCT hunger, but our hosts eat light. French film and Rocky Road ice cream and mud pie. Then off to bed. What a change from dirty in the wilds to crashing with waves outside your bedroom window. I feel shell-shocked.