
Hello! My name is Sam, but on trail, they call me Prom King. I hiked 600 miles of the PCT in 2019 before getting injured and coming off trail. After healing, I went and thru-hiked the Colorado Trail later that summer. I love the outdoors, feel indifferent about walking, and hate the rain (when on trail). That being said, I'll probably get talked into hiking the AT...
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28 Days and 28 Dead Quotes: My Musical Journey on the Colorado Trail
Introduction Many different forms of media informed my experience on my Colorado Trail thru-hike: while I walked hundreds of miles without any form
A Thru-Hiker’s Thoughts on Finality
Before I begin, please allow me to apologize for not posting in the last 500 miles—I did not realize how challenging it would carve out a few hours
Vignettes of Pain, Homesickness, and Abounding Joy
It is utterly impossible to summarize my experience over these past ten days in a blog post. It's utterly impossible to summarize my experience in my
Ignorance and Impulsiveness: Prewritten Post-Trail Reflections
These questions are just as much a request for my future self as they are a questionnaire for my past self. I sat on this blog post, waffling between
PCT Shakedown Hike: The Trans-Catalina Trail
(If you haven't already, a read of my previous blog post might be a helpful preface to this trip report.) Preface Because I leave for the PCT in a
I Said No: Some Ramblings on Pre-Trail Anxiety
I sit at dinner with one of my older sisters and my parents. I’ve become bad at conversing, for thoughts of the PCT have consumed all of my available
Planning a Thru-Hike as a Member of the PCT’s 1.6%
Who am I, anyway? Not to brag, but I'm a member of the 1%. Well, probably not the 1% of which you are thinking; I will be a member of the 1% of