This blog is pretty much my day by day journal that I wrote from inside my bivy sack each night on the Pacific Crest Trail. Sometimes I had more time to write than others, sometimes my journal entry is really short because I got to camp late and I was very sleepy. I updated it when I could and uploaded as many pictures as the speed of WiFi in resupply towns allowed. I tried to start each entry with the mile marker and how many miles I walked that day.
I completed the trail in five sections, starting at the end of February 2016, ending mid-September 2016. To read this blog start with the page labeled Day 1-3 and follow the links through to Day 133.
This blog contains a lot of walking, some amazing memories, frustrating challenges, random thoughts, hilarious moments, a ton a pictures and maybe some useful information for future thru-hikers. It's is a little slice of my life and I hope you enjoy it!
If you have any questions feel free to contact me!
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Glossary of some terms for non thru hiker readers:
Trail Name - A name given to a hiker that is easier to remember and differentiates you from other hikers. For example there are lots of Johns, but all of those Johns would have a unique trail name that probably has a funny story behind it.
Triple Crown - also "triple Crowner" someone who has hiked the Appalachian Trail, Continental Divide Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail
SOBO - South Bound
NOBO - North Bound
Thru Hiker - Someone attempting to walk the entire PCT in one season, usually done NOBO, basically a crazy person on a crazy adventure
Section Hiker - Someone walking a short section of the trail (1-500 continuous miles)
Flip Flop - A thru hike that is not continuous from border to border, the entire trail in one season but not necessarily in order and not all in one go.
Trail Angel - Awesome people helping hikers on the trail in any way
Trail Magic - Magical water caches, grapes in a cooler under a bridge in the desert, rides, free showers, pizza in a rain storm, free pie, breakfast burritos, if it's magical it's trail magic
Base Weight - Your pack weight without water or food
Dry Camping - Camping without a water source
Zero Day - A day where you hike zero trail miles, a rest day, usually in town.
Nero Day - A near zero day, very low mileage.
Posthole - When your foot sinks into deep snow, like a post, sometimes hilarious, potentially very frustrating.
I completed the trail in five sections, starting at the end of February 2016, ending mid-September 2016. To read this blog start with the page labeled Day 1-3 and follow the links through to Day 133.
This blog contains a lot of walking, some amazing memories, frustrating challenges, random thoughts, hilarious moments, a ton a pictures and maybe some useful information for future thru-hikers. It's is a little slice of my life and I hope you enjoy it!
If you have any questions feel free to contact me!
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Glossary of some terms for non thru hiker readers:
Trail Name - A name given to a hiker that is easier to remember and differentiates you from other hikers. For example there are lots of Johns, but all of those Johns would have a unique trail name that probably has a funny story behind it.
Triple Crown - also "triple Crowner" someone who has hiked the Appalachian Trail, Continental Divide Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail
SOBO - South Bound
NOBO - North Bound
Thru Hiker - Someone attempting to walk the entire PCT in one season, usually done NOBO, basically a crazy person on a crazy adventure
Section Hiker - Someone walking a short section of the trail (1-500 continuous miles)
Flip Flop - A thru hike that is not continuous from border to border, the entire trail in one season but not necessarily in order and not all in one go.
Trail Angel - Awesome people helping hikers on the trail in any way
Trail Magic - Magical water caches, grapes in a cooler under a bridge in the desert, rides, free showers, pizza in a rain storm, free pie, breakfast burritos, if it's magical it's trail magic
Base Weight - Your pack weight without water or food
Dry Camping - Camping without a water source
Zero Day - A day where you hike zero trail miles, a rest day, usually in town.
Nero Day - A near zero day, very low mileage.
Posthole - When your foot sinks into deep snow, like a post, sometimes hilarious, potentially very frustrating.
