#PCT2023
My Journey On The PCT In 2023: A Recap and Update
campo, ca It's been nearly two months since I completed my hike on the Pacific Crest Trail. In this post, I want to take a less conventional approach and share...
Mastering the Art of Strategery
Also, The Saga of the Packs, Part Two Strategery? Is that the word you meant to use? Yes, indeedy. It somehow seems to fit. In the first days of a...
Hiker Life: Finding Your Pace, Finding Your Place
The first week of our thru hike had plenty of challenges. It seems like everyone's did. Some struggled to make distance (like us). Some made distance but suffered blisters from...
PCT Days 1 – 4: To Canada and Back Again: A Hiker’s Tale
Day 0: Surviving Transportation Day When we leave the hotel, I’m so nervous I feel my whole body turn to static. This big hike was one thing online, but now...
Mile One, Day One, Week One
Also, How I Was Given, and Gave Up, a Trail Name Also Also, The Saga of the Packs, Part 1 If you've not thru hiked a long trail before, it...
Do What You Can’t
"To the haters, the doubters, to anyone who ever told someone with a dream that they can't..." I can't tell you how much I like people doubting me. It drives...
The Last Day
Some people are always well prepared to do whatever it is they are heading out to do. They make a list of all the things ahead of time, then one...
Whatever it Takes
"Everyone has a book in them, and that, in most cases, is where it should stay." I have for many years, held an ambition to write and publish a book....
My Extensive, Comprehensive 2023 PCT Prehike Preperations
A Photographic Log, a Phlog if You Will Thr... (a Phlog? Wait, that doesn't sound right. Scratch that.) A Photographic Journey Through Dulceland Hiking the PCT is serious business. There...
Time is the Longest Distance Between Two Places
“Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.” The saying goes, "Time flies when you're having fun." We can all relate to that in some way. A personal...