Tag: pacific crest trail blog
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What I’m Packing: Pacific Crest Trail Gear List
One thing you can learn about thruhiking via the internet is that how much weight you’re carrying will have a measured effect on how much you’re enjoying you’re hike. Not that long ago, it wasn’t rare for people to carry packs that, not counting food, water, etc weighed upwards of 30 or 40lbs. Cheryl Strayed’s…
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The last of the lazy Sundays – pre-trip, Battleship Mountain, AZ
Today is one of my last “lazy” Sundays before the trail. Three Sunday after this one I will be hiking through the desert barely having scratched the surface of 2600 miles. The last Sunday where I can imagine soreness and stiffness as a temporary condition. Yesterday I hiked Battleship Mountain with three other people who…