Thru-Hiking Culture
Congratulations to These PCT Thru-Hike Finishers: Part 6
The Pacific Crest Trail is often regarded as 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...
The Hitchhikers Guide to Hospitality
We’ve all been there, standing on a degrading asphalt shoulder, thumbs towards the heavens, as yet ANOTHER nearly empty car zooms past without acknowledging our existence. There’s no doubt that
Congratulations to These 2024 Pacific Crest Trail Thru-Hikers: Part 3
The Pacific Crest Trail is often regarded as 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...
Congratulations to These 2024 Pacific Crest Trail Thru-Hikers: Part 2
The Pacific Crest Trail is often regarded as 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...
Congratulations to These 2024 Pacific Crest Trail Thru-Hikers: Part 1
The Pacific Crest Trail is often regarded as 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...
10 Rattlesnakes, 222 Chipmunks, 7 Dead Mice: Number Crunching My Pacific Crest Trail Thru-Hike
This post is a sequel to my Appalachian Trail number crunch. Since hiking the Appalachian Trail in 2015, I finally found the time to complete another thru-hike and knew immediately...
2024 Pacific Crest Trail Thru-Hikers: Submit Your Completion Photos
It's that victorious time of year again, when thousands of miles, countless blisters, and endless memories culminate in a single, triumphant moment: finishing the Pacific Crest Trail. Whether you’ve
“I Just Had To Skip So Many Miles”: How 2024 PCT Thru-Hikers Are Adapting to Fires and Trail Closures
On the Pacific Crest Trail, wildfire closures are no longer the rarity they once were — they’ve become part of the thru-hiking experience. With five current closures on the trail,...
Sierra Mountains – It’s all downhill from here!
The culture of the PCT is inspiring. There is a saying that has stuck with me which is “the trail will provide”. It’s a frame of mind that what you...
17 Years, 8,000 Hikers: Trail Angels Scout and Frodo Retire from PCT Hosting
Seventeen years ago, Barney "Scout" and Sandy "Frodo" Mann welcomed a group of Pacific Crest Trail thru-hikers into their San Diego home for the first time, offering a place to...