Miles 151.9-181.4 Days 14&15
Day 14 Start: 151.9 End: 168.5 +2 miles on side trip for agua. Total= 18.6 After a nice beach vacation I was ready to get …
backpacking
Miles 20-54 Days 3&4
Day 3 Start: 20 End: 36.1 total: 16.1 I awoke around 6:15 and started quietly packing my belongings trying not to wake the others. The …
Miles 0-20 Day 1&2
Start:0 End:11.3 Total: 11.3 Jeff took me to the trailhead around 11 , we snapped a few pictures and I was off! There was another …
PCT Prologue
I’m sitting at my friends Sara’s parents house about 20 minutes east of San Diego. I arrived in SD Saturday night and spent the first …
How to Plan a Thru Hike (in Four Easy Steps)
Wow! Congratulations, you have made one of the biggest decisions of your life, you are going to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail (or some other long …
So, You Wanna Thru-Hike the Appalachian Trail?
The Appalachian Trail is about a 2,200 mile trail that traverses 14 states from Mt. Springer in northern Georgia to Mt. Katahdin in Maine. It …
Deciding to Thru Hike the Appalachian Trail
It was my first white water rafting trip, down the Pigeon River in Tennessee. I was with my parents, visiting Gatlinburg during my high school …