Hello everyone! I hope you are well! This final update comes to you from Fairfax, CA, which means that I have, at long last, landed at home. My long hike is over. My last days on the trail were truly wonderful. The weather held out for me from Stevens Pass right up to the border! (The rain …

Continue reading Update #12: Walking to Canada

Day 130, 12 noon, Stevens Pass WA Hi everyone! It's been longer than usual between updates this time, and for that I apologize. I've been fully in the flow of hiking and experiencing and being with the people out here as well as with my constantly-evolving thoughts... It's been challenging and rewarding, miserable and joyful. …

Continue reading Trail Update #11: Rain and Pain

Day 112, 10:30 AM, near Bend OR Hello friends, fam, and fans! Over the last 10 days or so I've covered quite a bit of ground, making my way from Ashland to Santiam Pass (mile 1998) where my grandpa picked me up and brought me to the beautiful home of his friends Mike and Katie …

Continue reading Trail Update #10

Day 101, Ashland, OR, 2:00 PM (I've been out here over 100 days now? Wow.) Hello hello from Oregon! That's right, Oregon! Two days ago I finished the California stretch of the PCT, which is just under 1700 miles and almost 2/3 the length of the entire trail. I feel pretty accomplished and definitely relieved …

Continue reading Trail Update #9: Reflections on Solitude

Day 88, 6:30 AM / Burney, CA Hey everyone - I'm gonna try to keep it short today because I want to get back to the trail, but we'll see how that goes. Since I last wrote we've been hiking through one of the least-liked sections of trail. It's hot, hot, hot again and water …

Continue reading Trail Update #8: Goodbyes and New Adventures

Day 77 (Wow...), 9:30 PM Well hello! It's been another beautiful stretch of hiking since I last wrote, with the land changing beneath our feet quickly and drastically, the high mountains rounding out and softening as we've headed north. We came out of Mammoth, hiked through Yosemite Wilderness, and worked our way up to the …

Continue reading Trail Update #7: Home on the Trail (Sort Of)

Day 59, Mammoth Lakes, 8 AM Hello friends and family! I can't tell you how nice it is right now to have some cell phone service and internet and enough time to sit down and write for a bit. We've been way out in the wilderness for this last stretch, going over probably the toughest …

Continue reading Trail Update #6: Mountains Beyond Mountains

Hello everyone! Ben, Emily, Duncan, Mathew and I are in the friendly town of Tehachapi, CA. We got here three days ago in the early evening and have been camping on the lawn of the local airport, the cheap lodging of choice for PCT hikers coming through. I'd usually be antsy after this amount of …

Continue reading Trail Update #5: Last Stretch of the Desert

Hello from Hiker Heaven!  One mile out of Agua Dulce, CA, Hiker Heaven is a compound owned by trail angels where PCT hikers can come and stay for a night or two, get a shower, do laundry, rest and be refreshed... it's one of the most popular stops on the trail, with supposedly up to …

Continue reading Trail Update #4: Wind, Hot Springs, Wrightwood, Group Expansion

Day 13 - 11 AM Hello from Idyllwild, CA! What a cool little place. I say it's little but it's actually the most developed town we've come to so far, and the people here are very hiker-friendly. Today is a chill day for us - we might hike out in a little while, but I hurt my …

Continue reading Trail Update #3 – Trail magic and crew conflict