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Blaze, The Elder
Blaze It’s hard for this dad to talk about Blaze without his heart bursting of pride. I suppose that could be said about all my children. All kids are special,...
Hiking My Own Hike, 6 Changes I’m Making on My Next Thru
Throughout the hiking community, we often hear the saying, "hike your own hike." But what does it exactly mean? Well, that's the thing ... it all depends on who you...
PCT Gear List: What Has Changed?
New Tent, Same Type, A Better Water Filtering System, and A Bigger, Badder Daggum Knife. Bowie Out.
The 24-Hour Challenge: PCT Days 112 & 113
Spoiler alert: I reached the Canadian border on 9/16/22, although not on the PCT itself (#thankswildfires). I am now back to "normal" life. I hope to finish up the blog...
Feeling high at the Sierras
Day 78: Zero in South Lake Tahoe All night there was some latin music played at the campground and there were dogs barking and people shouting. I read in the...
Pacific Crest Trail Resupply Guide
It’s that time again: time for this year’s PCT class to plan their resupply. In 2016 around this time, I was dehydrating apples and beef in a panic, flipping through...
Backpacker Radio #148 | Carly Moree on Hallucinating in the Sierra, Starting a Guiding Company, and Co-Authoring Pacific Crest Trials
In today's episode of Backpacker Radio presented by The Trek, we are joined by Carly Moree. Carly is a thru-hiker, the co-author of Pacific Crest Trials, an OG Writer at...
Pizza to Pizza: An Introduction to Our Hike
Introduction Hello! Allie and I are thru-hiking the PCT this year going northbound from Mexico to Canada. In this post, we are going to do a short introduction, talk about...
PCT Shakedown #2: Solo in the Grand Canyon (1/2)
3/22/22 Last month, my first and only trip to Grand Canyon National Park with guests was canceled because of a snowstorm. I was bummed. I’d been looking forward to it…...
Uncertainty and Strife: Thru-Hiking Permits in the Time of COVID-19
As 2020 winds down, a third wave of COVID-19 infections is engulfing the United States, with the number of daily cases more than tripling over the previous August high and...