NO. 7 OF 26 · SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · DAYS 28 TO 33 · 102.2 MILES TRACKEDPHOTO #806 · DAY 32 · ROUTE: TRAIL LINE + STRAVA
DAY 29 · MAY 28, 2021 · CAMP ESTIMATED
“PCT day 29: Aguadolce”
22.9 mi4,852 ft7:293.1 mph
trail mi 444 · 2,244 ft2,244 to 4,545 ft
DAY 30 · MAY 29, 2021 · CAMP ESTIMATED
“PCT day 30: Fire closure road walk”
31.5 mi3,858 ft10:253.0 mph
trail mi 472 · 3,787 ft3,066 to 5,727 ft
DAY 31 · MAY 30, 2021 · CAMP ESTIMATED
“PCT day 31: LA aqueduct”
24.3 mi1,709 ft8:003.0 mph
trail mi 509 · 4,238 ft2,879 to 4,238 ft
DAY 32 · MAY 31, 2021
“PCT day 32: to Tehachapi lil run in the end”
23.5 mi4,396 ft7:163.2 mph
trail mi 539 · 3,827 ft3,827 to 6,234 ft
102.2 miles tracked·6 days, May and June 2021·day 30 31.5 miles·aqueduct daytime heatThe Desert, leg 7 of 26
Acton to Tehachapi via Vasquez Rocks
Vasquez Rocks before the fire-closure road walk, then Hikertown and the aqueduct in daytime heat.
By Jeffrey “Atlas” Combs · walked May 27–Jun 1, 2021 · published · updated
Out of Acton, I went through Vasquez Rocks and Agua Dulce, then a fire-closure road walk. Day 30 came to 31.5 miles on Strava. The next day I described it in a message as a 32-mile day.
I was getting up early, but the aqueduct wasn’t a night walk for me. I went through Hikertown and walked it in the daytime heat. There was a cooler of iced drinks near Hikertown that day.
By Tehachapi I was saying I was finally coming into good form. I’d been getting up at four and wanted to get out of the desert. I also wrote that I was basically the only one so far who hadn’t had blisters.
I hitched into town from Tehachapi Willow Springs Road around mile 558.5. There was a town break before the push to Kennedy Meadows, and a resupply to sort out before leaving again.
Start // Acton, day 28
Finish // Tehachapi, town break through day 33
Detour // fire-closure road walk, day 30
Aqueduct // day 31, May 30
The food, then and now
The Tehachapi resupply had bars spread across a table, including Clif and Lenny & Larry’s. Bars were a big part of what I carried, alongside the meals I mixed and cooked. The iced drinks near Hikertown were there on the aqueduct day.
For a meal now, hikers reported vegan chili at Kelcy’s in May 2024. Its current menu lists vegan chili and a hummus-and-vegetable wrap. Choose vegan cheese on the chili. Save Mart still lists its Tehachapi store; hikers reported it as a full grocery resupply in May 2024. Checked October 8, 2026.
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