and other stories
From crossing I-90 at Snoqualmie Pass, through Stevens Pass and the Lake Chelan resort town of Stehekin, and on to the Canadian border, the hike got seriously difficult. Night was falling earlier, and dawn...
Washington State was the most difficult and most beautiful section of the PCT for me. It was the state where I ran out of food, shivered in sub-freezing winds, and saw yet another cougar...
Why don’t PCT hikers talk about Oregon? It’s green, relatively flat, and dotted with spectacular volcanos: the Sisters, Three Finger Jack, Jefferson, and Hood. Berries are everywhere, and ferns, moss, and waterfalls. I love...
I’ve walked the entire length of California now. All 1698 PCT miles of it, about double the actual length. One state down, two to go!
After Chester and the halfway point, I started hitting my stride. Finally the grade and elevation (and my fitness) were such that I could hike 25 mile days regularly, and being closer to Canada...
It was wonderful having my friend Aiko hike with me between South Lake Tahoe and Truckee, and I was looking forward to kicking up my pace and seeing how quickly I could get up...
From Mammoth, I hiked north over Donahue Pass and thru Lyell Canyon to Tuolumne Meadows. This spot marked the end of the PCT miles I had hiked as part of the John Muir Trail,...
Note: This post was originally published in June 2014, but the original has since escaped into the ether. I’m reposting it now in its original form.
I love the Sierras. I have now hiked from Kennedy Meadows to just before Glen Pass, at mile 788. Every day the scenery grows more beautiful to my eyes. Some of the little wooded...
Another week, another 150 miles. I arrived in Kennedy Meadows today, after passing the 700 mile marker this morning. This is the jumping off spot for the High Sierra section of the trail —...
