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PCT Week 13: Reaching Half Way, Lassen, and a Realization
Even more storms, Even more burn areas After a well taken zero in Quincy, Build-a-Bear and I head back into more burn area. Rain and thunderstorms are expected so we...
PCT Week 12: Sierra Buttes, Fire Zones, and Quincy
Last bit of snow (for now) Making my way out of Truckee, I reunite with Mountain Goat. It’s been quite a while since I last saw him, last time being...
PCT Week 8: Entering the Sierra
Off to Kennedy Meadows It is finally time, I’m headed towards the Sierra. I have been looking forward to this section since I started my journey and Kennedy Meadows South...
22 Trek Bloggers on the Pacific Crest Trail You Should Be Following in 2022
As the snow melts in the PCT's Sierra Mountains and Katahdin opens to AT hikers, we find ourselves deep in the throes of thru-hiking season once more. For months now,...
“Beauty…Comes At A Price”
Forester. Kearsarge. Glen. Pinchot. Mather. Bishop. Muir. Selden. Silver. Mammoth. Island. Donahue. At 942.5 miles on the PCT, these are the names we’ve come to know and suffer. Each...
“The People and The Mother”
“In dedication to those we have hiked, do hike, and will hike alongside on the Pacific Crest Trail” 1:30AM. “Bing. Beep. &@$$&@$” Basecamp’s alarm sounded off in the morning...
PCT Week 6: Nero’s, 500, and the Mojave
Acton & Agua Dulche, a Quick Nero This is the first week that doesn’t start from a zero out of town, much rather it begins with a nero into Acton....
PCT Week 5: Summits, Road Walks, and lots of Trail Magic
Wrightwood, a Perfect Trail Town An early morning starts our descent into Wrightwood. We reach highway 2 where we get a hitch into town. Let me start by just saying,...
PCT Week 4: Night Hikes, Condensation and a Birthday Climb
Leaving Big Bear with a New Mindset Big Bear is a turning point for me. Nearly 300 miles in and I reassure myself of my own journey. Realizing this, it...
All Goals Are Created Equal
I have noticed an occasional through-hiker arrogance I find uncomfortable. It comes up around discussions about Bill Bryson’s A Hike in the Woods and Cheryl Strayed’s Wild. It leaves the ...