Pacific Crest Trail

It is 12.35pm. I am airing out my blisters and counting my Ritz crackers. I can have five today with the 80 calorie packet…

I have been waiting for this moment for months — the moment when the desert transforms, as if by magic, into the Sierras. I…

Today marks the day when, five years ago, Ant and I became a “thing,” as us youngsters with a lack of vocab call it….

Today felt like a million different days all jammed into one. I shed tears, had hugs, giggled merrily, walked, sat, ate, and meditated. It…

The Pacific Crest Trail is typically an 18-inch bare stretch of dirt, the only barren ground in the surrounding wild (save the worn patches…

We started walking at 5pm today, me following behind a long chain of great new friends: Ant, Dash, Teresa, and Laurie. It was 97…

There is a fine line between adventure and danger, and it is possible to lose your way. Figuring out where to tread that line…

I woke this morning in a dusty little campsite with Rainbow Dash’s tent beside me. A great big tree was shielding us from the…

I won’t lie to you — after 30 miles, I woke up a little stiff. The night had been a tiny bit colder than…

My feet are warriors. My legs beasts of burden. My core is a rock. My back, full of knots. I am seven miles away…

I woke up with a bang at 2am. I was hot! I ripped off my socks, possessed with a heat I could not handle….

Thru hiking can be really stressful — just as, if not more so, than civilized life. “Why?” You are probably asking yourself. “There are…