Hiking The PCT As I hike out here on the PCT, I can’t help but think of how the simple things in daily life can now turn my entire day around and become day makers. These days, living as an unemployed, dirty, thru-hiker, I get really excited to see things like a garbage can, pit […]
Out here on the PCT, every day is a new adventure. We never camp in the same place twice or see the same things during the day, unless we happen to take a Zero Day in town. Zero Days are far and few between, usually once a week or once every other week because Zero […]
It’s been six days since I said goodbye to the rest of my Team Lagger trail family and headed up into the High Sierra alone. The last six days have been the most challenging days of my life and not just because I had to say goodbye to everyone I’ve been hiking with since Day […]
Hiking the PCT over the last four months has been an amazing experience. I’ve adapted to a whole new way of living life out here, learned a lot about myself, overcome numerous fears, developed friendships I’ll have for a lifetime and pushed myself mentally and physically beyond any limits I’ve ever put on myself before. […]
Hiking The PCT No one day out here on the trail is the same. Things are always changing – the scenery and terrain I hike in, where I set up camp for the night, the number of miles I hike each day, places I hike to throughout the day, the food I eat and even […]
Many of you know Grit as the guy who finished thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail with me at the Canadian border on Thursday, September 27th. Did you know Grit and I travelled over 1,700 miles together over the last few months along the PCT? Did you also know Grit and I had made a vow […]
Tomorrow, Grit and I hike out of our last town stop on trail, Stehekin. From here, we’ll only have four and a half days and 92.5 miles left on the PCT to hike, with one more fire closure detour. Once we reach the Northern Terminus at the Canadian border, we’ll hike another 8.4 miles to […]
One of my first gear purchases for day hiking wasn’t a pack, a water bottle or even a pair of hiking shoes. It was an annual parking pass for my car – a $35 annual Northwest Forest Pass to be exact. This was to ensure I wouldn’t get a ticket while having my car parked […]
Hiking The PCT One of the traditions of thru-hiking a long-distance trail is having a trail name. Most thru-hikers are given a trail name at some point during their hike. A trail name is a nickname that has to be earned, somewhere out on the trail. As part of the tradition, you can’t give yourself […]
If you’re a hiker or spend any time in the backcountry, you should be familiar with the Ten Essentials and carry them with you on all of your trips. The first time I heard of the Ten Essentials was during a Mountaineers course. Up until taking my first course with The Mountaineers, a Seattle-based non-profit […]
Hiking The PCT My trail family and I now have our second week of hiking on the PCT in the books. We have laughed our way through the last 100 miles on the trail. There are a lot of people who get injured out here whether it be from pushing themselves too hard too quickly […]
Everyone always talks about how hot it is in the desert. Last year, in 2018, in order to hike a fair amount of miles for any given day within Southern California, hikers had to get up early to beat the heat, stop for a siesta in the early afternoon to wait out the heat of […]
Hiking The PCT As soon as I tell someone I’m preparing to hike the PCT, one of the first questions they usually ask me is: How long will it take you to hike the PCT? The Pacific Crest Trail, otherwise known as the PCT is over 2,650+ miles. It spans all the way from the […]
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 […]