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Oregon in One Month Challenge
Oregon is known to be a pretty mellow trail terrain-wise, the climbs are simple, and the walk is easy. This leads to many thru-hikers attempting to
A Day in the Fire
The PCT has had approximately 140 miles of trail closures due to forest fires. Hikers find themselves skipping over those miles and going from one
Post-Injury
The faithful day I’ve been waiting for with anticipation and a bit of fear has come. It’s the day the friends I’ve been hiking with come into town.
The Injury
Rae Lakes on 4th of July Early on, I knew the only thing that could get me off trail would be an injury. Even with an injury, it would have to be
The Sierras: A Day in the Snow
Somehow we find ourselves out of Kennedy Meadows after two zeros and waiting for packages to arrive. The desert feels far behind me and grassy
Kennedy Meadows & Trail Families
The yuccas, lizards, and Joshua trees have stopped and the trails turn into a lusciously green meadow. Just over 700 miles into the hike hikers
Staying Occupied
When I meet people in town who are not hiking the PCT, they might ask me how many miles a day I hike, after I say average 20 miles a day it hardly
San Jacinto: First Snow Encounter
In my regular life I avoid watching trailers to movies, I want to go in as blind as I can to the film so I have no pre assumed opinion on the film.
Desert: A day in the sun
In normal backpacker life waking up with the sun and sleeping when it sets is a normal rhythm hikers tend to follow. That all gets a bit tweaked when
It’s the start of something new (and something familiar)
Welcome! Thank you friends, family and random internet browsers for joining me here for recaps of the absurdity that will be my life these next 4-6