Night hiking after a mountain lion encounter. This was my final training hike before my attempt to set the fastest known time (FKT) for the Oregon section of the PCT unsupported. My goal was 2 back to back 35 mile days on the Oregon PCT with full pack weight, and it honestly couldn’t have gone much worse. Well, I’m alive, so I guess it could have gone worse. Despite the hellacious levels of mosquitos, wildfire smoke, snow fields, heat, bear encounter, unexpectedly getting my period, and the midn