Had a buddy drop me off the side of Hwy 80. Started just before 6:00 AM and ran this PCT section. Deliberately kept the pace conservative given coming directly form bay and due to the heat which ended up getting in the mid/high 90s, which made for a slow day. The majority of it is highly runnable, and there's a lot of time to be made up if you're moving well. The final few miles involved a fair bit of bushwhacking.
Water: refilled a liter from a creek at mile 10 and then again around mile 26, which carried me for most of the stretch. Worth noting for anyone attempting this in a hot, dry year water reliability drops, but there are plenty of short diversions off-route to top off as you go. It was fine for me this time.
No crew, no pacers, no resupply. Just the route and an opportunity to feed the rat.