{"id":161,"date":"2013-11-06T16:28:15","date_gmt":"2013-11-06T16:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1fifoto.com\/hiking\/?page_id=161"},"modified":"2015-02-17T10:17:32","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T18:17:32","slug":"where-in-the-world-is-he","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/1fifoto.com\/hiking\/?page_id=161","title":{"rendered":"Where am I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is where in the world I am.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note: The SPOT mapping service has been deactivated as of October 6, 2014 and no longer works. See special custom Google map below for a plot of my progress day-by-day.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/share.findmespot.com\/shared\/faces\/viewspots.jsp?glId=0ziXUNkzGk1igX2LZ88k33LEGlL5Rs2kL\">My SPOT location<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Special custom Google map showing Halfmile trail path (for 2014) and annotated with my daily SPOT location\/notes. This was developed by Justin Watt, my son, and partially described at <a href=\"http:\/\/justinsomnia.org\/2014\/04\/following-dad-on-the-pct\/\">Following Dad on the PCT<\/a>. It was used to coordinate meeting me on the trail.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1fifoto.com\/pct\">Plot of my progress<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the above custom Google map, here is an online conversion from latitude &amp; longitude to Halfmile trail mile tool. The results are to be entered into the Google spreadsheet below. Internally it includes Halfmile&#8217;s 2014 KML information for each trail mile and half-mile.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1fifoto.com\/pct-search\">PCT convert latitude &amp; longitude to Halfmile trail mile tool<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the above custom Google map, the input is located in a Google docs spreadsheet. You insert the latitude &amp; longitude, and trail mile location in the spreadsheet using your (1) SPOT latitude &amp; longitude, and (2) the Halfmile trail mile location from the tool above. The mile location can be entered manually if no SPOT location was received. One entry per day containing: the day number, latitude, longitude, actual trail mile, expected trail mile, miles banked (expected vs actual), actual daily mileage, 5-day average, and notes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/15ieLyZ5s_ohfULO6EpPa8kg7kapRjLzNkHuleHI9e7w\/edit?usp=sharing\">PCT Mileage Log<\/a> (as an editable Google Docs spreadsheet)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/1fifoto.com\/hiking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Dad's%20PCT%20Mileage%20Log.pdf\">PCT Mileage Log<\/a> (as PDF)<\/p>\n<p>Using the above Daily Mileage spreadsheet the number of miles hiked per day were calculated and plotted. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1fifoto.com\/hiking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/MilesPerDay.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The following are some of the key days based on the plot. The seven zero-days and several nearo-days can been seen clearly.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Day 25 was a zero day in Agua Dulce, California.\n<li>Day 27 began hiking with Bilbo. It was the longest day (37 miles) because Bilbo and I road-walked the detour around the Powerhouse fire closure. That is, we walked over 20 miles of road which skipped 37 miles of trail.\n<li>Day 30 ended hiking with Bilbo. I went to Tehachapi for resupply and he went to Mojave.\n<li>Day 31 was a zero day in Tehachapi, California.\n<li>Day 32 left Tehachapi, California, with the goal to get to Justin at Tuolumne Meadows on June 8.\n<li>Day 39 was a nearo, my arrival at Kennedy Meadows, and the start of the Sierra Nevada mountains.\n<li>Day 45 was a zero day in Independence, California.\n<li>Day 54 was my arrival at Tuolumne Meadows, and began hiking with Justin.\n<li>Day 62 was our arrival at South Lake Tahoe, and ended hiking with Justin.\n<li>Day 63 was a zero day in South Lake Tahoe with Kathy, Stephanie and Justin.\n<li>Day 75 was the PCT midpoint.\n<li>Day 79 began hiking with Nobody\u2019s Friend, and our departure from Burney Falls State Park.\n<li>Day 93 was the California \/ Oregon border.\n<li>Day 94 was our arrival in Ashland.\n<li>Day 95 was a zero day in Ashland, Oregon.\n<li>Day 99 was our arrival in Crater Lake National Park, and ended hiking with Nobody\u2019s Friend.\n<li>Day 108 was my arrival in Sisters, Oregon and began hiking with Matthew.\n<li>Day 116 was our arrival in Cascade Locks, Oregon, and ended hiking with Matthew.\n<li>Day 117 was a zero day in Cascade Locks, Oregon.\n<li>Day 139 was a zero day in Stehekin, Washington.\n<li>Day 140 to day 144 reduced my mileage to meet Katie at the northern terminus on September 6.\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is where in the world I am. Note: The SPOT mapping service has been deactivated as of October 6, 2014 and no longer works. See special custom Google map below for a plot of my progress day-by-day. 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