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A Year of Turning 50 and Hiking 100 miles in the Alps — the Tour du Mont Blanc
Miles so Far: Zero Days for Start of Trek: 2 to go! The Tour du Mont Blanc -- three countries, France, Switzerland and Italy, 110 miles in length, 30,000+ in...
Day 69-73 July 9-23th Into Wyoming
Day 69 July 9th starting my Professional Eating Tour A pretty chill zero. I spent the morning at a pretty cool coffee spot updating my blog. When I got back...
I Only Get to do this For a Few More Weeks
This has been difficult for me to write. It's not as easy as just recording my thoughts at the end of the day, looking for my photos, and trying to...
Chapter 15: PCT Week 13: “Viking Vibes”
Chapter 15: Week 13: “Viking Vibes” Days 85-91, 5/29-6/4/2022 Total Trail Miles: 74.40 Total GPS Recorded Miles: 76.00 Cumulative Trail Miles: 1016.90 From: Yosemite Valley to Sonora Pass and
Day 61-63 June 30-July 3rd
Day 61 June 30th I somehow got caught in the snow storm the Friday before the 4th of July. It was quite the day. I woke up at the Super...
Virginia: Bamboozling and Confusing.
Day 62/63 Too many miles into town and zero day!!! I do not have much to report on the zero day, we had a lot of chores to get...
Chapter 14: PCT Week 12: “Prismatic Mammoth”
Chapter 14: Week 12: “Prismatic Mammoth” Days 78-84: 5/22-5/28/22 Total Trail Miles: 60.30 Total GPS Recorded Miles: 75.67 Cumulative Trail Miles: 942.50 From: Silver Pass to Yosemite
5 Things I Learned In My First 300 Miles of Backpacking
You Live and You Learn No matter the amount of researching, and planning a newbie backpacker does before a trip, nothing will prepare them better than being on trail. Like...
Chapter 13: PCT Week 11: “Not Just Passing Through”
Chapter 13: Week 11: “Not Just Passing Through” Days 71-77: 5/15-5/21/22 Total Trail Miles: 54.80 Total GPS Recorded Miles: 81.17 Cumulative Trail Miles: 882.20 From: Bishop to Selden
Especially You
When we reached Julian I headed over to Mom's Pie House for a complimentary slice of pie available to anyone with a current PCT permit. The folks who work there...