Tag: pacific crest trail
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Blisters Galore! Day 2: Hauser Creek to Boulder Oaks
Miles: 12 Rattlesnakes: 0 Tears: 0 We’re doing an early morning hike tomorrow so I really should be trying to sleep. Warning: Blister talk. Just spent the last hour trying to patch up my blisters. There’s a hiker on trail who is an expedition doctor in real life and brought a massive medical kit who…
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Day 1: Campo to Hauser Creek
Miles: 15.4 Cries: 2 Snakes: 0 (1?) Woke up at 330am and laid in bed feeling surges of adrenaline about starting today. I cried a little thinking about how much I wish my mom were able to be there to send me off, that I would so love one of her hugs. Got up, got…
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I’m Hiking the PCT! 12 Things to Know About Me
1. I’m 25. I live in Arizona. I’ve been working as an editor but quit my job to do the PCT. 2. I did not grow up hiking. I went on a handful of hikes and camping trips as a kid. I found hiking arduous and not fun. I’ve been fishing once and managed to…
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My Mother and the Pacific Crest Trail
In January of 2015, my mother died of stomach cancer. It took six months from her diagnosis. She spent most of it in a hospital. A month before her diagnosis, but while we knew she was sick, we took a planned road trip for my birthday to Zion National Park. We drove through miles and miles…
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FAQ: I’m Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail
What is the Pacific Crest Trail? The PCT is a continuous footpath from Mexico to Canada. It’s approximately 2,660 miles long and goes through California, Oregon and Washington. Who are you going with? Myself, and a few thousand strangers who are also day hiking, section hiking or attempting to thruhike. Rumor has it the relationships you…
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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…
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Book Review: Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Wild by Cheryl Strayed I’m a big fan of the Sugar columns at TheRumpus.net, spending free time going through the archives and falling into the lull of Strayed’s words and her heartwrenching advice. When I heard about this memoir I knew I needed to have it — but I’d also promised myself that, since I…
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