Welcome to my 2025 Pacific Crest Trail thru hike blog. My name is Travis and I am on level 50 of this great adventure of life. I hail from the Great Pacific Northwest. Blue collar, married, father of three, grandpa of 1 and grandpaw of 3. Welcome to the show
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The Aqua-duct mm 517.6- 652.5
Day 36 With all the wind, road noise and just what’s rolling around in my head I didn’t sleep much which may be a good thing as the aqua-duct was
Hiking to Hiker Town mm 374-517.6
Day 28 As much as I would have loved to stay in Wrightwood and relax and hang out it was time to head back to trail. Met a trail angel at 730 at the
To Wrightwood we go mm 266.1-356.2
Day 21 Great stay in Big Bear although didn't have much sitting around relaxing time. Got in around 11am and stayed pretty busy till 5 pm.
Heading north to Big Bear mm 151.8-266.1
Day 13 Lucky day 13. Got a ride from a trail angel out of Idylwild and back to the trail. Arrived at 8am and it was a nice 67 degrees out. Today
Off to see Mayor Max mm 77.3-151.8
Day 7 Woke up early despite a nice soft warm and comfortable room. Got all packed up and waiting for the trail angel to grab me as she passed from
To Mom’s for apple pie mm 0-77.3
Day zero Not to be confused with a zero day where you do chores, eat tons of food and talk to other hikers. Today was a day of travel. At 3am my
Training for a midlife crisis hike on the Pacific Crest Trail
Introduction First, I'd like to say thank you to the Pacific Crest Trail Association (PCTA) for streamlining the permit process for this thru






