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PCT CA SECTION H PART 2
CRABTREE MEADOWS TO TUOLUMNE MEADOWS MILE 766 - 942.5 CONTINUED… Day 60 - 0 miles 9 miles to town. Throughout the night, we were battered by thunderstorms. Bouts of intense...
Deep in the Sierra: PCT Days 51-53
Day 51. Miles: 10.7 Total: 799.8 This morning, I sleep in a little, so the sun is already illuminating Charlotte Lake on my way back to the PCT. The water...
PCT Week 9: The High Sierra
The next section leads us deeper into the Sierra and takes in some spectacular scenery. There are also a lot of challenging passes. Together with a couple of river crossings,...
PCT Days 1-7: From One Green Tunnel to Another
In my first seven days on the PCT, I hiked from Callahan's Lodge in Ashland, OR, to Etna, CA. I've lived in Virginia the last seven years; for the last...
These Are A Few of My Greatest Fears
"Are you going to bring a gun?"That's the first thing pretty much anyone I've told about this hike has asked me, especially when they hear that I'm hiking part of...
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,...
Hiking Faster: Training for the PCT
I hiked the Appalachian Trail in 176 days—almost exactly average. Even though the Pacific Crest Trail is over 450 miles longer, I intend to hike it in around 140 days....
Now Boarding: Our Journey to San Diego
Inching Closer to the Start Getting ready to go on the PCT was a long-distance trail in itself. I think I would call it “The Bar Street Apartment to the...
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…...