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Four Books I Read Before My PCT Thru-Hike
Books. Who needs them to prepare for a thru-hike when you can track down a million resources from your phone?
Leaving Our Cat Is The Hardest PCT Prep
Now that 2018 is here, our thru-hike start date is approaching quickly. The sudden onset of the new year has made me realize that it’s time to really focus on our hike preparations - buying gear, avoiding treadmills, and cuddling with my cat.
Why I Might Split Up With My Fiancé on the Pacific Crest Trail
My fiancé, Miles, and I plan to begin our thru-hiking journey in Campo in the spring. In fact, we just received an email from the PCTA that our permits were approved! But there’s a chance that we may not make it to Canada together.
Should I Quit Daily Blogging for the Pacific Crest Trail?
Besides constantly refining my gear list and saving those precious dollars, I have also been contemplating whether or not I want to do another daily blog of my PCT thru-hike as I did on the AT back in 2013.
8 Reasons Why I’m Thru-Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail
There are 8 reasons why I’m thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. And those reasons involve body odor, cheddar cheese, trash cans, and not sitting at a desk.
Meet 2018 PCT Thru-Hiker Flash Gordon
If you read my first post "How An Audiobook Persuaded Me to Thru-Hike the PCT", then you know the how behind this whole PCT thru-hike thing. But, if you would like to learn more about the hiker behind the words, then here I provide a condensed version of my life thus far.
How an Audiobook Persuaded Me to Thru-Hike the PCT
There were mere days remaining of my AT thru-hike. My mind was made up - I was never doing another thru-hike. Four years later, I listened to my first audiobook and within hours, I was planning my 2018 thru-hike of the Pacific Crest Trail.