Pacific Crest Trail

I’ve been hiking for three weeks now, and nothing is as it seems. I thought the trip would be gruesomely hard and my feet…

I feel like a broken record at this point, but the Pacific Crest Trail is weird. It constantly does the opposite of what you…

The mountains turned into fresh burn turned into desert turned into pine forest again today. It, building off the mood of yesterday, was enchanting….

I woke up to the twinkling of the early morning sunshine through wrinkles in the curtains. I peeked out at the day, careful not…

I woke up this morning and my whole world was covered in snow: my pack, my bivvy, every inch of the woods that was…

I am coming to you from the near warmth of my sleeping bag and bivvy. We are close to a stream, in a valley,…

Today I woke up in a flurry of anxiety. It was the day that Ant would be leaving me and the trail to rest…

Last night the wind from San Felipe sent its nasty uncle to torture us some more. He was wild with madness, getting bolder and…

Today was a doozy. Due to my miscalculations (by ten miles!!) and our heavily slowed pace yesterday, we had 22 miles ahead of us…

Today has been one of our favorites of all. We took a late start, even stopping for some incredible espresso and breakfast sammies from…

Today was our second zero in Idyllwild. This town is lovely and I can’t help but enjoy it here, but I am walking under…

I once subscribed to the belief that humans are a bad lot — and if given the chance, they would do awful things. But,…