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Oregon Smells Like Dirt Tans and Wild Fires: PCT Part 5
Sorry for the delay, y'all. I was having a love affair with Oregon. Not everyone feels this way, but I had a real blast with the trail in this state. ...
Q&A post-California
A little late but as promised, here's a list of some questions and answers we've been asked during our time hiking through California. I'm working away at an Oregon update...
PCT Chapter 2: Full Dis-Fire-Closure
A big part of the reason for SOBO thru-hiking the PCT instead of going the more conventional NOBO route, was that I wanted a continuous trek. This year, only a...
Cathedral
Washington is my Cathedral, my playground, my challenge. I had a couple visions playing in my mind of what would happen when I crossed the border into Washington. In the...
Meet 2018 PCT Thru-Hiker Flash Gordon
If you read my first post Katahdin exactly 5 months after setting foot on Springer Mountain in Georgia. It Norovirus, and we met some of the most awesome people ever. THE...
Shakedowns and other terrifying things
Beginning this thing, long distance hiking, has been a process wrought with self-doubt for me. Throughout the dreaming and planning, I arrive at junctures where I meet myself unprepared and...
Day zero: San Diego and the secret panic attack
San Diego rolled into sight like a colorful beach ball, immediately charming with the sailboats and the ocean and the airport all chummy as if they'd been friends forever. The...
How an Audiobook Persuaded Me to Thru-Hike the PCT
There were mere days remaining of my 2013 Appalachian Trail thru-hike. My mind was made up - I was never doing another thru-hike. Four years later I listened to my first audiobook....
Playing Catch-up
Sorry this is so overdue. As the days get longer, keeping this up-to-date gets harder and harder. Walk, get to camp, eat, sleep. And of course we're not eating enough...
Update from the Trail: Overview of the Sierras and our Trailcation
As promised, I wanted to take sometime to reflect on the remainder of our Sierra experience and talk about our short trailcation (trail-vacation) in San Diego. When we last checked...