100 miles down!

Hey team, Erin sends this update from Michael. I unfortunately missed his call! Bad, bad social media intern.

"Here's what I heard from Michael:
- On Friday afternoon he made it to Warner Springs and was camping out at their Community Center for the night. He'd thought about pressing on that day but the promise of a pancake breakfast in the morning was too enticing.
- His first day of hiking he had to make it about 20 miles before he'd get to a water source. He started hiking at 6am when the trail angels [note from Megan: not a mystical term but hikerspeak for people who help trekkers by leaving water, providing shelter, and in this case driving hikers to the trailhead] dropped him off and made it to Lake Morena by 2pm. Translation: He kicked some ass starting Day 1.
- Miguelito said that he wrote you a letter around Day 2 or 3. Day 2 involved hiking in the rain for most of the day and then camping out on a very cold and windy ridge. Day 2 was not the highlight of the trip and he said that his letter to you was a lot more miserable-sounding than the rest of the time has been.
- Around Day 3 or 4, he met up with two other dudes and he's been hiking with them ever since. Hiking in a group with two other random guys seems to be making the long days much more enjoyable. He's ahead of schedule at the moment and will most likely roll in to Idlywild around Tuesday night.
- Michael and his new friends were quite happy to reach the 100 mile mark. Little victories!
- I'm heading down to Kickoff on Thursday [and will pick up Michael on the way for the celebration that marks the beginning of PCT hiking season... Michael started early to beat the masses, of course] We'll give you a call sometime on Friday once we are together."

So they're on their way! More updates later this week.