PCT
Congratulations to These 2026 Pacific Crest Trail Finishers (Part 4)
The Pacific Crest Trail is one of North America’s most beautiful and iconic thru-hikes, stretching 2,650 miles from the Mexican border all the way to Canada. Every year, thousands of...
Congratulations to These 2026 Pacific Crest Trail Finishers (Part 2)
The Pacific Crest Trail is one of North America’s most beautiful and iconic thru-hikes, stretching 2,650 miles from the Mexican border all the way to Canada. Every year, thousands of...
Congratulations to These 2026 Pacific Crest Trail Finishers (Part 1)
The Pacific Crest Trail is one of North America’s most beautiful and iconic thru-hikes, stretching 2,650 miles from the Mexican border all the way to Canada. Every year, thousands of...
Trail Lessons Part 2: You’re Always Where You Are Supposed To Be
“We are all just walking each other home.” - Ram Dass One of the strangest things about the trail is how quickly people become important to you. You can spend...
Tell Me About The Flowers
“Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.” - Mary Oliver Truth be told, I don't really want to know how many miles you've hiked today....
Treatment to Trail: My Recovery Journey (One Step at a Time)
“And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.” - JK Rowling A year ago, I could barely imagine staying alive for one more day....
Trail Lessons Part 1: Stopping Does Not Mean Quitting
“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it.. including you. - Anne Lamont I thought the Pacific Crest Trail would break me in dramatic ways. I expected loneliness. I...
Conserving Energy and Flooring It
Welcome to the west coast! Well this is it. We’re doing it. Here it is. I’ve been hiking the PCT for a bit now, and it’s time to share some...
My First 41.5 Miles of The PCT
DAY ZERO: Perhaps it's cliché to say that it felt surreal, but that is the only word I can think of describe arriving at CLEEF campground. There were a lot...
Day 145-146 – The End
Day 145 We hit trail magic from World Class at the Harts Pass parking lot today around 9 AM. After drinking coffee and eating, we got back on trail around...
