7 Tips for Getting a PCT Permit
Reading Time: 6 minutes Getting a Pacific Crest Trail permit is the first step of any PCT thru-hike. A lot of future thru-hikers stress out over this process since…
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Why I’m Hiking The Pacific Crest Trail Again
Reading Time: 7 minutes My decision to hike the Pacific Crest Trail for the first time (in 2013) was rather spontaneous. Without getting existential, I can trace this decision…
Why I Hiked The Pacific Crest Trail
Reading Time: 4 minutes At some point during all the small talk on the Pacific Crest Trail, it can be expected that your reason(s) for starting the PCT in…
How Long Does It Take To Hike the Pacific Crest Trail?
Reading Time: 8 minutes So you want to hike the Pacific Crest Trail, but you don’t know if you’ll have enough time? Let me tell you now that if…
How To Shit In The Woods
Reading Time: 3 minutes If you would like to find out how to actually shit in the woods, then check out part two of this series: How To ACTUALLY…
Blogging From The Trail
Reading Time: 1 minute Despite being out of touch with the world for the next five months, I plan on maintaining regular updates to Halfway Anywhere. However, seeing as…
The Night Before the Morning of (the PCT)
Reading Time: 1 minute It’s just past midnight, and I have just finished what I deem an acceptable amount of planning and preparation for the start of my 2,600-mile…
Complete Pacific Crest Trail Gear List
Reading Time: 1 minute NOTE: I have since written an updated version of the ideal PCT gear list. Check it out here: The Ultimate Pacific Crest Trail Packing List….
One Week Left: PCT Crunch Time
Reading Time: 2 minutes In exactly one week you will not be hard-pressed to find me squatted over a hole in the earth, loosening my bowels into the fertile…
The Pacific Crest Trail FAQ
Reading Time: 3 minutes When people find out that you are planning on hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, they will generally ask you the same set of questions (yes,…
Craig’s PCT Planner
Reading Time: 2 minutes Attempting to “plan” a Pacific Crest Trail thru-hike has reminded me why I never plan ahead. How one could even begin to accurately plan a…
The Bear Canister: Combating And Outsmarting Hungry Bears
Reading Time: 4 minutes As we are all well aware, bears are the greatest threat to hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail and around the world (yes, the world)….