6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1006+ words) For hikers, Ghost Ranch acts as an outpost in what would otherwise be a long stretch without resupply. The options are slim to none, but they do allow hikers to send resupply boxes, and we’d sent ours there. There’s also…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (484+ words) Here I sit, about a month after I started the Tahoe Rim Trail. In some ways it feels like yesterday, in others it feels like a lifetime ago. I’d always heard that the trail teaches you something. That when you’re…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1218+ words) I woke up bright and early at 5:43 a.m., one minute before my alarm was set to go off at 5:44. I was groggy and puffy-eyed after all the tears yesterday. My tent was soaked. My sleeping bag was damp. I packed up…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1100+ words) Usually I tackle big days with cautionary excitement. It’s a chance to show myself what I’m made of. To be honest, this time? I just didn’t want to do it. And I think that’s mainly because the last ten miles…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1029+ words) It was cold this morning. Hiking through the valley was chilly enough that I had to stop and put on my rain jacket, and I almost put on my wind pants too. Much to my surprise… This time, the trail…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (911+ words) We had a huge breakfast with 11 other NOBO hikers in the morning. It was great fun visiting with everyone and swapping gross stories. I think we offended the other party dining close to us. The owners of Depot took it…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1285+ words) Today was my biggest day yet: 25.5 miles. I’m laying in my tent at the end of the day remembering why my PCT journal ended after just a few weeks. It’s hard to keep up when you’re completely exhausted at the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (841+ words) After breakfast with Toolman, he left Ice Cream and me to go find Frito, who—after splitting from us at Creede—had suffered his own set of misadventures through the weather, including getting stuck for a while in flooded Pagosa....

3+ week, 6+ hour ago   (1221+ words) I know the same animal (or whatever it was) that I had seen from a distance the night before could exist regardless of what time of day it was, but the daylight made me feel much safer as I gave…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (505+ words) After all the big-mile days, I was very happy to have a zero day in Salida. And wow, Salida is ADORABLE. Besides doing all the normal town chores—laundry, groceries, gear store—I actually got to explore the town a…...