Hiking The PCT It’s all a choice. Choices I’m more than happy to make. I knew there would be plenty of sacrifices to make when I chose to hike the PCT again in 2019. Read more… Hiking The PCT Now I want to do it all over again. I want to hike the entire PCT, […]
Hiking The PCT Now that I’ve hiked something as big as the Pacific Crest Trail, it’s hard not to think about doing another long-distance hike or planning the next big adventure. I mean, who hikes thousands of miles through three states, over five months and comes home to do nothing? Before I got off trail […]
Hiking The PCT Since starting my hike back in April, so many memories have been created, new friendships have been made made, fears have been overcome and things have changed. And in less than 100 miles, my hike will be done. Read more… Hiking The PCT Its easy to talk about the good stuff on the […]
Planning A PCT Hike I was afraid of a few things on trail, but hitchhiking was never one of them. Hitchhiking on the PCT is just one of those things all thru-hikers do at some point. It’s not something that only happens in scary movies either. Read more… Planning A PCT Hike Since being home […]
It’s been ten days since I’ve been back home from thru-hiking the PCT. For me, it wasn’t reaching the Northern Terminus monument or walking into Manning Park that symbolized the official end of my 2018 PCT thru-hike. It was the act of putting my gear away. For almost two weeks, I purposely left all of […]
Planning A PCT Hike Thru-Hiking the PCT in 2018, right outside Mount Laguna I tried to plan as much of my 2018 PCT thru-hike as possible. What I found was, it doesn’t matter how much time I spent putting my PCT resupply strategy together because once I got on trail, most of my plan went out […]
When my Osprey Aura 50 pack was shiny and new. When asked about thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, I often get a lot of questions about my resupply strategy. What was my resupply strategy? Did I carry all of my food with me on the entire trail? Did I mail myself resupply boxes? What towns did […]
It’s now less than two days before I start my thru-hike on the PCT. All of my emotions have been bubbling up to the surface over the last week – excitement, fear, nerves and anticipation. It’s crazy to think all of the planning, preparation, research, gear purchases and numerous training hikes has finally come to […]
Planning A PCT Hike When planning both my PCT thru-hike in 2018 and again in 2019, the most stressful part of the process was applying for the permits. There are three permits every PCT thru-hiker should obtain before getting on trail and making their way towards Canada. Read more… Planning A PCT Hike Not every day […]
Hiking The PCT Just like that, it’s over. My PCT thru-hike did not go as planned this year. After our two-week trailcation and hiking the 50-mile snowfree section from Timberline Lodge to Cascade Locks, I decided to end my thru-hike early. There were a combination of reasons why I decided to end my hike. It […]
Hiking Advice Have you ever gone hiking alone? If someone had asked me this question a few months ago, I would have looked at them like they were crazy. A female hiking alone in the woods, all by herself? Are you nuts? Now that I have four solo hikes under my belt, my only question […]
Hiking The PCT The town stops along the PCT in Southern California have been wonderful, ranging from large campgrounds to RV Parks, businesses/community centers opening their property for free camping for hikers to hostels and even trail angels who open their homes to host hikers. Hiker Town was by far the most interesting stop along […]
Hiking The PCT, Lessons I Learned Hiking the PCT Our second week out on the PCT was filled with a few bigger mile days, a couple of rest days, a milestone, trail magic and plenty of incredible desert views. Read more… Hiking The PCT Already a week into our hike, I’ve been humbled by this […]
As I made my way through yoga teacher training last year, I’d have these grand daydreams of what life would be like if I were a full-time yoga teacher. I imagined my life being more fun and less stressful if only I could ditch my day job and teach yoga instead. Yoga has always been […]