On the 10th of May 2023 I started walking the PCT virtually and now I am 94 percent done. I have about 300 kilometres left to walk and I will have completed the entire distance. Some of it was covered walking and some of it was covered while walking. Of course I didn’t walk the actual PCT. I walked it via the Walk the Distance app.
The thing about walking the Pacific Crest Trail virtually is that eventually you forget about it and just keep covering the distance, without paying attention to landmarks and more. I’ve been walking this virtual path for 10 months. I have ‘walked’ 4008 kilometres and passed 469 checkpoints.
At the peak of my walking habit I would have covered this distance sooner, but because of the return of cars and car drivers, and dog walkers, my walking habit has declined. I don’t enjoy playing chicken with cars, and being challenge to overcome my fear of big dogs that are unrestrained. If we were in the pandemic honeymoon I would still be walking five and a half million steps per year.
I like that we can take on such big walking challenges. On one app I am walking the Silk trail and on Walk the Distance it’s the Pacific Crest Trail. On Garmin’s app I am walking the AT. I think that when I finish the PCT I will walk the Continental divide trail.
The beauty of these virtual walking challenges is that I can walk the same 20-40km loops IRL daily, without the walks I’m actually doing being too boring.
In less than a month I will finish the PCT. I think that it will be done within 30 days.
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