The Storm Before the Calm
Our lives are in chaos right now. We’re trying to figure out what we will want to eat weeks from now and cramming it…
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Goodbye Employment, Hello Trail
We are three weeks away from stopping work, which makes us just four weeks away from walking forever (well, five months seems like forever)….
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Pacific Crest Trail Gear List
After months of research, trial and error, and anally weighing things, we finally have our Pacific Crest Trail gear list! And with only 31…
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Why the Pacific Crest Trail?
I’ve been trying to put the words together for this blog for weeks. The reasons I come up with are mostly a jumble of…
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Why I Am Thru Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail
I have a really lovely life — a life that based on my previous trajectory, I would never have imagined for myself. I know…
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Pacific Crest Trail: Fears
As you probably know, Avry and I are getting ready to launch off into the great unknown. We are 44 days away from our…
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How to Train for the Pacific Crest Trail
I have been frantically reading blogs, forums, and Facebook feeds in preparation for taking off on the Pacific Crest Trail in less than four…
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Girl’s Rock!
I spent last weekend among the rocks of Mount Erie near the point where Washington brushes against Canada with ten raucous, thoughtful middle school girls and…
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The PCT for Youth Outdoors
Friends, family, fellow internet users: Avry and I have an exciting announcement! We are thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail to raise funds and awareness for…
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