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On post trail
Do you know what it’s like to have ultimate freedom and belong only to the mountains and desert and forests? If you do, then you’ll understand what
Heartbreak at the Northern Terminus
My eyes are sore and puffy from the smoke. I breathe in, also smoke. The air is thick with it and I’m amazed that I’m allowed to be here. I am so,
Clouds of smoke and rain
I board a bus at 2am in the middle of the night in Seattle. There were many people with backpacks at the greyhound station, but none of them are
Not letting go: NorCal blues, life lessons and why I chose to quit my perfect thru hike.
Don’t expect it to heal you. Those were the words that a colleague said to me back in Aotearoa. He had walked the trail in 2019. It’s funny, a lot
Not letting go: NorCal blues, life lessons and why I chose to quit my perfect thru hike.
Don’t expect it to heal you. Those were the words that a colleague said to me back in Aotearoa. He had walked the trail in 2019. It’s funny, a lot
Recipes from the trail
So, what are you eating out there? This is the question more people ask me than how my hike is going. People have high expectations from me as a ex
It’s not supposed to be easy
Dirty tears are streaming down my face as I walk up to Kennedy Meadows general store to the applause of other hikers. I see faces I hadn’t seen for
My Gear is Failing But I Will Not
It is hot. Really hot. The kind of hot when sweat is dripping down my forehead into my eyes and it stings. I feel a drop hit my bare legs. I wipe
Becoming Home: 2 weeks in a fantasy world
It’s been over 2 weeks since I first pitched my tent in the dirt and dust of Southern California. I’ve become a PCT hiker now for just shy of 200
It begins with California
And so it began. It begins in the way that so many of my dreams and goals have begun before. It begins with California. Visas, Covid and