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Chapter 5: Week 3: “The Seasons of San Jac”
Chapter 5: Week 3: “The Seasons of San Jac” Days 15-21: 3/20-3/26/22 Total Trail Miles: 80.30 Total GPS Recorded Miles: 85.53 Cumulative Trail Miles: 232.10 From: Idyllwild to Somewhere near...
The Night Before the AT
Imagine laying in your cozy bed, while realizing that this is the last time you will be in that bed for a long time - that's precisely what I am...
A Cheap Tent and a Grand Canyon
I bought the $24 tent. What could go wrong?
Chapter 4: Week 2: “Yeti, an Eagle, and a Van”
Chapter 4: Week 2: “Yeti, an Eagle, and a Van” Days 8-14: 3/13-3/19/22 Total Trail Miles: 74.70 Total GPS Recorded Miles: 76.60 Cumulative Trail Miles: 151.80 From: Julian to
Thru Hike #2; Electric Boogaloo CDT Style
It's Official: Sprite Hikes the CDT With less than a year having returned from my thru of the Appalachian Trail (AT), I find myself feverishly planning for a very last-minute...
Chapter 3: Week 1: “Desert Hail and Basecamp”
Chapter 3: Week 1: "Desert Hail and Basecamp" Days 4-7: 3/9-3/12/22 Total Trail Miles: 35.6 Total GPS Recorded Miles: 37.28 Cumulative Trail Miles: 77.10 From: Mount Laguna to Julian Chapter
We Have Unfinished Business
I'm missing something... What is this something? Did I not learn my lesson from hiking the Appalachian Trail? Speaking of which... I can't even begin to fumble through my memories...
Uphill Battles: Mental and Emotional Challenges of a PCT Thru-Hiker, Part 2 of 2
Continued from the first half of this article Uphill Battles: Mental and Emotional Challenges of a PCT Thru-Hiker, Part 1 of 2 that covered both physical and environmental hurdles to...
How I’m Training for My AT Thru Hike
First, Some Advice I'll Be Ignoring Advice about training for a thru-hike seems to go to two extremes. At one end of the spectrum is the "No Training = No...
Uphill Battles: Mental and Emotional Challenges of a PCT Thru-Hiker, Part 1 of 2
The Trail is hard. Spanning 2653 miles with a vertical gain just under 500,000 feet, it’ll test your body and your will to wake up and hike each day. Physically...