Very hard day. From the beginning I had no energy to climb at all, to the extent that I suspect that I was/am not well.

Unfortunately there is little scope for flexibility in this section, campsites rare and water rarer. We had to use Apache Spring, a long steep descent from the trail though thankfully the track had been reinstated – it was barely there last time.

Apache Peak, the often dangerous spot where typically there is the first snow of the PCT, had very little.

I continued to struggle all day, but somehow managed to get to camp with sufficient water. Tomorrow I may have to drop down the Devil’s Slide trail to Idyllwild, or if I’m wrlt enough, continue to Cabazon which is almost entirely downhill.

Campsite is at a notable 8294′, Ben Nevis x2 and some.