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Aer Parris

Hailing from the city that never sleeps, writer and adventurer Aer Parris escaped the hustle during a cross-country cycling trip and never looked back. They are happiest testing their legs with long-distance cycling escapades, wandering mountains and cities on two feet, and writing, writing, writing.

Pacific Crest TrailJuly 19, 2015

Day 85: A Thousand Words

By Aer Parris

I lounged around with Ant all day, doing nothing. So, instead of writing, I did nothing. Here is a photoblog:            …

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Pacific Crest TrailJuly 18, 2015

Day 84: Rushing into Town

By Aer Parris

I woke up on the porch too early, but everyone rustling around kept me up. I put everything away in the early morning chill…

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Pacific Crest TrailJuly 17, 2015

Day 83: Porch Hobos

By Aer Parris

I began the morning late, sleeping in and then luxuriating over my LTE service. I looked at the weather — I would have a…

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Pacific Crest TrailJuly 17, 2015

Day 82: Come Hail and Rain

By Aer Parris

The day broke late for Me Thinks and I. We rose in the chilly shelter of frost bitten trees, a slurry of hail still…

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Pacific Crest TrailJuly 16, 2015

Day 81: The Silver Lining

By Aer Parris

I am standing in the middle of the hail storm, at a loss for what to do. I have on my cheap, light rain…

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Pacific Crest TrailJuly 16, 2015

Day 80: My Ideal Day

By Aer Parris

Yesterday I passed the 1,000 mark. 1,000 miles walked on two feet. 1,000 miles en route to Canada. Yesterday I accidentally climbed high into…

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Pacific Crest TrailJuly 15, 2015

Day 79: Here’s to Now

By Aer Parris

I read an ode to thru hiking on Backpacker.com a few weeks back. The writer, an Appalachian Trail veteran, said that thru hiking allowed…

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Pacific Crest TrailJuly 15, 2015

Day 78: A Social Creature

By Aer Parris

Over the course of the 20 miles I did today, I clambered straight up 2,000 feet, and then slipped right down the same 2,000,…

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Pacific Crest TrailJuly 14, 2015

Day 77: Nature’s Hug

By Aer Parris

The light has turned the sky a childish blue and the clouds the lightest of pinks. I feel as if I were in my…

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Pacific Crest TrailJuly 14, 2015

Day 76: The Fire

By Aer Parris

Rocks are haphazardly thrust into the ground which lurches steeply downward under my feet. A sharp rock catches my left foot and my right…

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Pacific Crest TrailJuly 13, 2015

Day 75: Savage Love Plus Hail

By Aer Parris

I woke up late, still with that glorious feeling of freedom under my skin. I had 3G service and, instead of surging into action,…

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Pacific Crest TrailJuly 13, 2015

Day 74: Mammoth Morning

By Aer Parris

I woke up too early, groggy with my feverish facebooking late into the night before. I awoke to the sounds of my roommate quietly…

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