Bloggers
San Jacinto to Big Bear
Back on Trail We said goodbye to our cabin in Idyllwild and made our way to the trailhead. A very sweet local named Hector, who also plays the clarinet around...
Part 4: Joys and Challenges of SoCal
"I will walk five hundred miles and I will walk five hundred more" sang from tinny phone speakers. We danced around rocks arranged in the numbers five zero zero. We...
Mission Creek is Mission Complete
My experience hiking through Mission Creek on the PCT.
Lessons From the PCT
It’s been 184 miles since I started in Campo, and although that isn’t even one tenth of the distance that I hope to be going, a fellow hiker put it...
The Next Step
Nearing graduation, I get asked daily: “What’s the next step?" To the surprise of most, I have quite a few steps planned, all of them one in front of the...
Weeks 2-3: The Desert Trials
Weeks 2-3 on the PCT brought me from Julian to Big Bear Lake, challenging me with diverse desert terrains and rewarding me with profound personal growth. Alongside my fellow hikers,...
That’s the plan!
Whenever I pass a day hiker they ask “are you hiking all the way to Canada?” I always respond “that’s the plan!” The trail requires flexibility. By saying “that’s the...
Challenges
I love challenges, guess that is why I chose to do a thru-hike. It is interesting to see how I can push myself: how many miles can my feet take...
Life on the Edge
Before I came to the PCT, navigating through snow was one of my biggest concerns with the terrain I’d face while on trail. I had considered taking a snow skills...
Rating Taylor Swift’s New Album by Hikeability
Taylor Swift’s albums have defined the stages, or “eras”, of her life - almost as much as they have defined mine. After my birthday in 2006 I had a gift...