Pacific Crest Trail

Today began with quite a late start — 9am, which is normally hiker noon. But it was beautiful because Rainbow Dash was feeling herself…

People come to this trail with so many different goals in mind: friendship, endurance, speed, self discovery, and on and on. And while we…

We had been hiking for hours, and my body felt loose — each joint was separate from the next, and I was flopping down…

We woke today at the top of a mountain. It was beautiful. The clouds created a layer of marshmallow fluff that filled up the…

Rainbow Dash caught us last night! It was after we collapsed at the water source, ate our food, and were driven out of our…

The world was dewy and dappled as we woke this morning, tucked away in the warmth of our sleeping bags. I stretched awake at…

The morning sun rose to find us perched on the side of a mountain, me on top of Ant, ever clutching at my mat…

I know that life is a rollercoaster — one minute I am flying high and the next there is a seemingly bottomless low. I…

Oh happy day! Ant has rejoined Team Cycked! on the road to happy destiny. Rainbow Dash was also added, an honorary member of our…

The PCT is a strange and wonderful place, but for the past 10 days I have been somewhere else having quite a different kind…

I don’t know how it happens, but we thru hikers have an incredible ability to spread news. I know who is ahead and who…

May Rose, from our Bike & Build trip, is the most positive, charming person I know. She sang a song often: “I’m alive, awake,…