PCT Bonus Post: McDonald's Challenge

The McDonald's challenge is something that PCT hikers came up with to spice up the trail and provide some entertainment. At mile 341, there is a McDonald's that a majority of hikers go to. It is a nice reward at the end of the day to get some food that is just ready for you, maybe a McFlurry as well.

Well hikers turned this into a challenge. Hike from that McDonald's to the next town, Wrightwood mile 363, on only McDonald's. This typically takes a day and a half requiring many cheeseburgers and fries.

I decided to take on this challenge however we left at breakfast so I ordered:

2 Bacon egg cheese biscuits

1 Sausage egg cheese McGriddle

1 McChicken biscuit

2 Sausage Egg cheese burritos

7 Hash browns

Going in to this I thought it would be a piece of cake, however I was not ready for what lay ahead of me.

Breakfast was fine and was a rather nice way to start the day! The first hash brown was nice and gave me a quick energy boost but after that, NOTHING was appetizing.

The sandwiches for lunch had become crushed and were lukewarm. The hash browns were in a Ziploc bag and started falling apart.

Before

After

At the end of the day I finished off the remaining sandwiches. There was so much sodium in the food that all night my heart was racing. If you have ever wondered what it's like to eat McDonald's for 24 hours...don't!

-Pickle