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California Section A (Mexico Border to Warner Springs, 109.5 miles) complete! As we complete the first section of the PCT I am so excited to have now done my longest ever hiking stint of 109.5 miles (previously the longest was the Wonderland trail which circumnavigates Mt. Rainier at 93 miles). Jeremy reminded me though that…
Background The first part of the PCT is primarily a desert starting at the Mexico border at Campo, Ca. The trail continues north for 250 miles to Big Bear Lake, where it turns directly west towards LA. About 30mi North of LA the trail again heads North, then Northeast another 300 miles to the southern…
I recently found myself struggling to describe how we spend the majority of our time on trail (walking) so I decided to capture random moments throughout one day to provide a better description of what we’re up to out here in the woods. While every day includes some unique moments and surprises, there’s a fair…
Over the past couple days we’ve been walking through Oregon’s Three Sisters Wilderness and I have fallen in love with the area. In my head I affectionately refer to it as “Oregon’s Lake District,” specifically the roughly 50 miles between Odell Lake to Elk lake, miles 1907-1953 on the PCT. Over these miles we have…
After finishing 40 days and nights of walking through the desert we took a much needed day off or “zero” day in Tehachapi. Our roughly 48 hour schedule included showers, laundry, eating salads, shopping for our next week of food, naps, and hanging out with some new friends from the trail – all of whom…
Kristi and I completed our first 1000 miles on trail heading into Castle Crags near Dunsmuir, CA. Here are most of the interesting mushrooms we found in this section from mid July. This video is a pretty accurate representation of what any dedicated mushroom-searcher would have found walking over this 80(?) mile stretch It’s dry….
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