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Day 1 of Cascade Locks to Trout Lake
My hiking pack, plump with supplies and sitting lazily on the edge of the bed, was laughing at me. It was the kind of deep belly laugh that can only come from an antagonizingly evil piece of hiking gear.
Cascade Achievement Unlocked
Let’s not forget trail rule # 74 – the thing that will get you is the thing you never saw coming.
PCT Travel Days
Taking the northern route to Washington made the first couple of travel days into a pilgrimage of sorts.
The Long Trail Deployment
This past week has brought to me a lot of feelings I had not thought to feel, however much sense they might make now. With all of the people in my life asking to see me one more time before I go away, it’s brought back a lot of predeployment military memories.
Pre-PCT Post #2
Risk Management Once you’ve got the PCT permit in hand, there’s nothing left to do except everything else. With so much else going on, today felt
Dreams Change as the Trails Change
Dreams change. When Brianna and I first hatched this plan to start thru-hiking, it was an idealistic dream of escaping what was for a journey into what could be