Pacific Crest Trail side quests are objectives PCT hikers can choose to accomplish during their hikes, but that don't need to be completed to finish a PCT thru-hike. Before beginning a Pacific Crest Trail hike - or perhaps any thru-hike - it's common for would-be hikers to spend vast amounts of
Best Section Hikes of the PCT: Washington
After Northern California and Oregon, both of which are found generally disappointing or unappealing by large swaths of which Pacific Crest Trail hikers, we reach a contender for "favorite section of the PCT": Washington (more specifically, the North Cascades). Although not as high as
Photo Essay: The Pacific Crest Trail
I took a lot of pictures on the Pacific Crest Trail, but if I could do it over again (when I do it over again) I would make sure to take more pictures of the people I spent time with on the trail (so listen up, would be hikers). The following collection is by no means a comprehensive portrayal of
PCT Progress Report V: Washington
Finally having made it to Washington, there was no chance I was going to voluntarily end my Pacific Crest Trail journey short of the Canadian Border. Only 500 miles stood between me and the completion of perhaps the greatest physical undertaking of my life. Days ahead of all my trail buddies, I
Denied By The Pacific Crest Trail (Three Times)
The Pacific Crest Trail is a fickle bitch of a mistress, and the way to Canada (or Mexico) is (un)paved with blood, sweat, and tears (literally). As a result, sometimes (most of the time) things fail to work out as expected. Nowhere was this more true than in Washington. Not once, not twice,