PCT
Oops I Did It Again
Why One Thru-Hike Just Wasn't Enough Welp, my mother's biggest nightmare has inevitably come true. In just a few short days, I'll be setting out to attempt a thru-hike of...
In The Blink of 5 Days
I hopped off the bus at San Diego Old Station and looked around, trying to get my bearings. I went under a tunnel and came up the other side where...
I’m scared of the CDT
Hopeful Triple Crown thru-hiker, Al Marriott aka Lookout, has some fears going into his next long-distance hiking adventure: The Continental Divide Trail.
3 1/2 Weeks to go!
I’m just comfortable like this! I am sitting here at an amazing resort in Turtle Bay, Hawaii thinking about my upcoming trek on the PCT in April. Where I’ll be...
From Work Boots to Trail Runners (Soon!)
My last week of work started like most do... alarm, struggle, wake up. Before I know it, I am climbing stairs to an unfinished unit that was turned into our...
Post PCT: Bathing in Reflection
This time, two years ago, Marie and I (not yet Basecamp & Yeti Legs) were selling the last of our worldly possessions (including our cars), wrapping up our jobs,...
Another Year, Another Adventure
Hello again :) The moments beyond hiking the AT in 2022 have been some of the hardest of my life, but I'm back to say that another adventure is brewing!...
Prepping to Hike (with) Enlightened Gossamer
My first introduction to backpacking was in 2011 when I signed up for a mountaineering course in Cal State Long Beach, CA. At the time, there was a set of...
My Goal is to be Goalless
Therapy made me realize something I was headed for the same thing on my thru-hike attempt of the PCT that I've been trying to stray away from. Goals. It's not...
My 4 Biggest Regrets From My John Muir Trail Thru-Hike
One week into my thru-hike of the John Muir Trail, I found myself crying in my tent, terrified and in pain, searching my map for a route off the trail...