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  • But, Do I Enjoy Hiking?

    But, Do I Enjoy Hiking?

    My muscles are sore even at the beginning of the day. My feet need to be massaged at lunch. Some days I have an insatiable hunger from the amount of...

  • Trail Angel Stories: Talia and Mohamed

    Trail Angel Stories: Talia and Mohamed

    When they returned, they revealed goodies that they carried for us. Fresh cherries, huckleberry ciders, and cookies! What treats! We dined together and swapped stories, staying up well past hiker...

  • PCT Trail Days

    PCT Trail Days

    We immediately started seeing familiar faces once we arrived. It was a big, beautiful reunion of wonderful people. By day, we wandered around with various friends and visited all the...

  • Thoughts on Injury

    Thoughts on Injury

    A couple days in to the time off trail in Seattle, I had to sit with myself and ponder the real possibility that I might not return to trail. It...

  • Hopping Back Down to Northern California

    Hopping Back Down to Northern California

    Due to injury and wildfire-induced trail closures, Journey Man and I flipped back down south to Northern California to fill in miles that we skipped previously— 622.3 miles to be...

  • My Favorite Day on Trail So Far

    My Favorite Day on Trail So Far

    The next morning, Journey Man and I took our time climbing up to Old Snowy Mountain from camp. The views were incredible and expansive. I was on top of the...

  • Switching Stoves

    Switching Stoves

    I switched out my MSR stove for the titanium Vargo Triad Multi-Fuel Stove and fuel bottle. The products were shipped without plastic packaging. The stove requires denatured alcohol. I purchase...

  • Trail Update: Buffets and Blue-Blazing

    Trail Update: Buffets and Blue-Blazing

    “Blue blazing” is a term hikers use in reference to side trails to views or other attractions off of the PCT, which is marked as a red line in our...

  • Trail Angel Stories: Spaghetti

    Trail Angel Stories: Spaghetti

    “I made too much food,” she told us. “Can I give this to you?” She offered up the plate. “It’s spaghetti! I made it right over there,” she pointed to...

  • Trail Angel Stories: Public Lands

    Trail Angel Stories: Public Lands

    Big Momma has been trail angeling for years and just looped Kitchy into it a few weeks ago. “I just love it,” Kitchy gushed. “It’s such a great community, you...