Aer Parris

Four miles ago I passed the halfway monument that some sweet volunteers of the PCT lugged into the woods and erected. It is a…

I woke this morning again and again, and over and over flipped myself on my other side and went right back to sleep. It…

I come up out of the trees and onto a road. I look side to side, wondering if traffic will come take me out….

I used to spend every waking moment on the weekends and summers at Urban Stables. Most of that time was used to get as…

Everyone was talking about the climb out of town. Eight miles of hot, exposed uphill. It was so daunting that yesterday two women had…

Another lazy day where I ate too much and simply could not write.  Boomerang gives the rough sketch of a day off in Sierra…

It is 3.15pm. I am so starving I am making my dinner now. I simply cannot eat another bar. I am 17+ miles into…

Six at night is my favorite time to hike. I am slogging up a hill, my very bones weary with my too early wake…

I spent today hiking on ridges high above Lake Tahoe. Ridges make me feel like I was meant to hike this trail. The vast…

Today was a pop song. The colors were brighter with brilliant greens, neon pinks, endless shades of warm browns. I was floating along, light…

We didn’t need to check out of the campground until 11am, and we decided to make every moment count. I woke at 6.40, stumbling…