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Flip Flopping on the Calendar Year Triple Crown
This morning I wound up sleeping in past my first couple of alarms. Either that or I just didn’t turn all of them on last night. I couldn’t be sure....
65 MPH Wind For 24 Miles on the PCT
This morning I woke up around 4:30 AM and turned my stove on to make my mocha. I was feeling pretty dang tired this morning and did not want to...
Pre-PCT: Terminal Thoughts
Here we go again... I'm waiting for boarding, sipping bland overpriced coffee. I can feel an anxious buzz that permeates the air. It's palpable. You can see it mirrored...
Back to Big Miles After My Birthday
This morning I got up around 5:30 AM and began getting packed up. I probably should’ve gotten up a little bit earlier, just to give myself more time to pack...
PCT Days 30 to 39 – Is it Winter or Summer?
Day 30 Rest day at the Oasis Due to my ankle, and feeling overall beat up from the last couple of days, we slept in late and decided to zero...
PCT Day 2-5 — Desert Chill
Malt Whitman 03/05 — Day 2 — 22mi / 35km Like a mother doe nosing her slow-stirring fawns awake, dawn nuzzled the sleeping hikers out of their tents. Soon the...
Hot Springs, Water Rescues, and Dirty Lakes: PCT Days 37 to 39
In which our hero soaks in the moment, dodges indecency, and skips the swim.
Week 3 on the PCT: the vanishing trail
In week three we experienced our biggest high and lowest low on trail so far: getting lost in Mission Creek and summiting San Jacinto respectively. Both ventures involved snow, blowdowns...
A Little Intro & I’m Hiking the PCT!
Hey, I’m Kiley, and I’m hiking the PCT! I'm a lover of landscapes and little moments and try to spend as much time outside as possible, hiking, backpacking, swimming, relaxing,...
Emotions and experiences on the first 275 miles of the PCT
This is my first long distance through hike attempt and I’m pretty sure nothing could have prepared me for how I feel. Even after years of daydreaming about it and...