Where to begin
Where to begin I have now been done with the PCT for two whole weeks. I crossed the snowy Canadian border on September 18th, 2017 after 115 days spent on trail. Being back home in Phoenix is somewhat dreamlike. For the entire summer my life consisted of acclimating to living outdoors, collecting all...
The Sierra Wilderness
Mile 906: I have been in the Sierra Nevada Range for just over 200 miles now. I have climbed to the highest point on the PCT, Forrester Pass, and I have trudged through miles of snow and waded through raging rivers. I could say a million things about what I've seen over the last couple weeks. But as...
Diurnal to Nocturnal
Currently, we are in Agua Dulce at Hiker Heaven. It is a trail angels house converted into a makeshift tent city with every amenity you would want as a PCT Hiker. They have tents set up for laundry, outdoor showers, toilets, hiker boxes, chairs, kitchen, a shuttle to town every other hour, mail serv...
Hiker Hunger
A term often thrown around on the trail is "Hiker Hunger". As if you can only imagine, hiking 25+ miles every day will work up quite the appetite. Before starting this trip I heard of people getting this incurable trail "illness" after about two weeks. Well three weeks in now I can personally attest...
Mountain Lion
Our day started off halfway down the northern side of San Jacinto. From our campsite we sat and overlooked the I-10 and the numerous swirling wind turbines that cover the area. As a kid I always would remember the drive to LA and knew exactly where we were because of those turbines. It's one of the...
Day 4
Mount Laguna - Pioneer Mail Today was a good day. Finally! After being awoken to the smell of hash browns and bacon by our new friends we were again catered to and enjoyed ham and eggs and more bacon. We helped them pack up their cars and proceeded into the tiny town of Mount Laguna to solve our pac...
Day 3
Day 3 started off about as crappy as day 2. Only this time we learned that if you hike in the middle of the day you die. Sooo today we got up around 5:45 but found that packing up camp and eating a meal in the morning is taking too long. Weren't on the trail till 6:45 to my dismay knowing we had an...
Day 2
Today was hard. After sleeping in too late we were off to a late start already. Along with the feeling of wanting to make up miles missed we pushed through the day to make our miles today.. bad idea. The desert is hot! And I don't mean like touch your steering wheel and feel like your going to die h...
Day 1
Despite a late start from phx waiting for Brett's new debt card to come in we managed to make it about 8 miles in yesterday. Our first hike was a night hike and we left the southern terminus as the sun was setting. The first night already has had its fair share of adventure. Brett's trekking pole br...