After crashing and burning in a matter of hours on the last hike (a 61.7 pound pack carried up ~5500 feet of gain over ~7 miles is not something I can currently swing), I decided to dial things back towards reality and attempt something rather more gentle, so I headed to the Virginia Lakes trailhead with the intent to visit some peaks along the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) near the Smedberg Lake area. Trip stats: • Entry and exit trailhead: Virginia Lakes • 4.5 days • 18 peaks (named or >= 260 ft. of prominence) • 85.79 miles • 24,295 ft of elevation gain Books listened to: • The Heart of Everything That Is, by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin • Thinking Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman • Rage, by Bob Woodward • Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures, by Stephen Fry

DAY 1