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Pacific Crest Trail: Week Two – Hot & Heavy
Week two was just as awesome as week one, but with fewer aches and pains. The first week we walked an average of 6 miles a day, intentionally starting slow...
Sorcery on the Trail?
We saw quite a few snakes on trail in the first few hundred miles, but there’s one day in particular that stands out as perhaps delivering a message. Our Five...
Shelter: a Home Away From Home
To walk and carry everything in a pack allows a hiker to get back to the basic necessities of life: water, food and shelter. Life really can be that simple....
Downhill to Tehachapi
Wednesday, April 17; 18 miles I awoke at the usual 6 AM because that is when it gets bright enough that I no longer need a head lamp. This was...
Stop Normalizing The “Grind” and Normalize Walking Outside for 5 Months
Does anyone know what they're doing with their life? I graduated college in June of 2023, and like most new grads I started a full-time job almost immediately. Soon enough,...
Cougar
Not the kind that’s interested in younger men. Not my graduate school mascot. Cougar as in the kind that screech like actual demons in the night. Cougar aka The Mountain...
Out of the Snow, Into the Windmills
Monday, April 15; 12 miles I woke up after 6 AM. It was already light, so I was able to get my contact lenses on, get dressed, and stuff may...
From Zero to 178 miles on the PCT
Hiker Boot Camp I'm out of the classroom and into the field work. These first 178 miles have been like my hiker Boot Camp! Moving from a vision and research...
Day 1-5: Campo to Julian
Here we go! We woke up in a treehouse in Scout and Frodo’s back yard with my hiking buddy Leah. Enjoyed a restful night of sleep and had breakfast waiting...
Snow Day!
Yesterday, Saturday April 13 was forecast to be rainy. While I could see clouds and precipitation in the distance, mostly to the west, at my locations for most of the...