and other stories
Off-trail, I like numbers and charts. On-trail, I feel no differently. Quantifying aspects of my hikes made them feel more manageable to me, and thus more doable. It’s an illusion of control, to be...
I like eating, and I like food. When I’m in full foodie mode, planning, procuring, preparing, and eating food takes up most of my non-work hours, and it’s been that way for a decade....
I didn’t listen to music or other audio for the first 1200 miles of my Pacific Crest Trail thru-hike. I chugged along in my own head, listening to nature, having arguments with imaginary people, or playing call-and-response...
You’ve heard this story before. Friends & family asked about it. Cheryl Strayed told it. PCT hiker starts with way too much gear, because they didn’t know what they were getting into, then ditches...
Here you go: part 2 of my PCT gear review. I’ll cover the gear I used on my 2014 PCT thru-hike beyond the Big Three I reviewed in my last post.
Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail is a test of willpower above all. Beyond that, some elements can make or break your thru-hike: pacing yourself so you don’t get injured, managing your ravenous hunger, and carrying...
What do you wear to walk 2669 miles? Anything! (Nothing, if it’s the summer solstice…)
For those of you just starting to read about my 2014 Pacific Crest Trail thru-hike, I have collected all of my PCT journal entries and posts on the PCT ‘014 page.
For five months, my job had been to hike toward Canada. I climbed up and over every ridge, crossed each river and stream, and marched under or over all the highways and roads, going ever...
Between Highway 2 and the western tip of Lake Chelan, the scenery blew my mind, and the temperatures dropped. Here were the starvation, freezing nights, and bitter wind, the soaring hawks, endless vistas, and sketchy...
