Blogging and making videos about my PCT thru-hike while I’m out here on trail is fun, but its been a challenge trying to keep them current and juggle both. This is why I’m combining Week Four and Five together into one blog post. Journaling has been relatively easy. I journal every day, at the end […]
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. These stops have been incredible with offering all of the accommodations a hiker […]
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 […]
Last year when Bleeder and I first talked about hiking the PCT together, I was dead set against hiking the desert section again. Why would I ever put myself through the pain, the agony, the blisters, the heat, the chance encounter with rattlesnakes and the long, heavy water carries all over again? Then I quickly […]