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Feral Dogs, Freezer Pizza and Fear Mongering: A Start to the PCT
Within the first week, my trekking pole was lost in the back of a cop car, my inner thighs were on fire from heat rash and I had two blisters...
The First Steps: Adventures on the First 10% of my Pacific Crest Trail Hike (Mile 0-266)
The journey begins Leaving behind the comforts of Scout&Frodo’s, where hikers where provided with everything they could need, I continued to the USA-Mexico border to start my long-awaited hiking
Week 1 on the PCT: 7 Things I’ve Learned
Day 1 | Mile 0-17.7 | You’ve got all day After having the most delicious pancakes at CLEEF, I and some other hikers headed to the monument, which was magical...
Hard Truths
Time isn’t real out here. I feel like I’ve known my first trail family for years even though it had only been a few weeks together before we dispersed. These...
Groovin‘ in – the first weeks
„A beginning is a delicate time…“ -Frank Herbert, Dune- Since I finally decided to hike the PCT and got a job I was thinking about it almost every day. Especially...
San Jacinto to Big Bear
Back on Trail We said goodbye to our cabin in Idyllwild and made our way to the trailhead. A very sweet local named Hector, who also plays the clarinet around...
Part 4: Joys and Challenges of SoCal
"I will walk five hundred miles and I will walk five hundred more" sang from tinny phone speakers. We danced around rocks arranged in the numbers five zero zero. We...
Thru-Hikers: Limited Access to Mammoth Lakes From Red’s Meadow in 2024
Ongoing construction will limit road access to the popular JMT and PCT trail town of Mammoth Lakes from Red's Meadow Resort in 2024. This year, JMT and PCT thru-hikers should...
Mission Creek is Mission Complete
My experience hiking through Mission Creek on the PCT.
Lessons From the PCT
It’s been 184 miles since I started in Campo, and although that isn’t even one tenth of the distance that I hope to be going, a fellow hiker put it...