Trail Names On The Pacific Crest Trail
Reading Time: 2 minutes When you venture out into the wild on a long-distance hiking trail, it is tradition to take on a trail name (because you don’t want…
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2,600 Miles of PCT Small Talk
Reading Time: 4 minutes “Hey! You’re hiking the PCT too? Cool.” And a lot of times that is where it ends. Or so you thought. Various levels of schmoozing…
Kennedy Meadows: The Promised Land
Reading Time: 3 minutes There exists a place where all of your dreams come true (and yes, you have to hike 700 miles of Pacific Crest Trail desert to…
Confession: I’m Not Hiking The Entire PCT
Reading Time: 3 minutes It is devastating, I know. After setting out to complete the 2,600 mile trek from Mexico to Canada via the Pacific Crest Trail, I have…
The “Hiker” Adjective
Reading Time: 3 minutes Out on the Pacific Crest Trail, you will hear a lot of people refer to the “hiker” somethings. The somethings are described by the word…
Keeping Busy Not Being Murdered on the PCT
Reading Time: 2 minutes “But aren’t you afraid of murderers?!” It is the question asked most often by people picking me up while hitchhiking. It is also common to…
The New Worst Day On The PCT
Reading Time: 3 minutes After taking my first zero in Idyllwild, I felt it necessary to make up for lost time and go from Idyllwild to Cabazon in one…
Taking A Zero
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sometimes when you punish your body in ways you have never experimented with before (namely, walking long distances in rugged terrain with a backpack that…
Sleepless Nights On The PCT
Reading Time: 2 minutes I thought sleep would come easily on the Pacific Crest Trail, but once again I was wrong. It is only night six, and I have…