Bloggers
Not Your Average Pacific Crest Trail Gear List
Okay, I lied. This is pretty much your typical PCT Gear list. But everyone loves a gear list, right? The Big Three Pack: G4-20 Ultralight 42 Backpack Tent: Six Moon...
Flying with Backpacking Gear
Many thru-hikers fly to a local airport before they start out on the trail. Some NOBOers on the PCT fly to San Diego. Many AT thru-hikers fly to Atlanta. Here...
My Ultimate Year of Backpacking – A Transcontinental Shift
Back when life was normal, before COVID was a reality, I entered the PCTA lottery hoping to snag a PCT thru-hiking permit. My number was something miserably high. A few...
Phoenix Year
2020 was going to be my year to hike the PCT. Everything had come together, the money, the time, the training. Relatives sponsored me so I could purchase lighter...
Desert Shakedown
It’s permit day! I’m counting down the hours until permit release, even though the likelihood of a responsible NOBO hike seems slimmer than ever. To occupy the wait, I thought...
4 Trail Features I Won’t Take for Granted on the PCT
When my life fell apart in 2020, I made some radical changes. One side effect was newfound appreciation for the work required to maintain a hiking trail. Shaking things up...
Possibly Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail
I’m Possibly, a 2018 AT thru-hiker, and I’m possibly a 2021 PCT thru-hiker. The trail name “Possibly” was bestowed upon me when I hesitated to claim the title “thru-hiker” only...
Thru-hiking Questions that Local Backpacking Helped Me Answer
What do you do when you’ve been anticipating the PCT for 5 years, actively planning for it for two years, and finally had to sit it out (because .... 2020)?...
Breaking the Silence, from NOBO to NOGO
Reality Setting In It has been months since I was supposed to start my northbound Pacific Crest Trail thru-hike. I never made any official announcements because part of me did...
Unfinished Business
In February 2008, I moved from Phoenix to San Diego to start a new job. During the weeks that followed, the economy began to experience a downturn that would later...