The first few days out of Stehekin were a a hot mess, made significantly more miserable by the nearly continuous 25 miles of ascent to Cutthroat Pass. “I think we’ll need to institute a siesta hour during the late afternoon if this heat keeps up,” Carolyn suggested. “I know. I feel like I’m melting,” I […]
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A thick milky haze hung over everything like a dense fog. It was chalky white, like what static would look like if it had a shape and face, and we could barely see the trees that lined Route 2 as we sat in the packed bus headed towards Stevens Pass. Canada was having a tough
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Lava is hard to walk on. No, not molten lava, the kind that spits orange magma into the air like in Hawaii (you would certainly injure yourself quite badly…or die), but lava that has been cooled and hardened for thousands of years. It’s impressive a trail was even built through it. The mostly hollow rock,
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It’s been eight straight days and 150 miles of sweat, misquitoes, dust and forest fires. Oregon is dry. Really dry. And hot. Very hot. Clouds are all but absent here, as if they were somehow sucked out of the sky by some large Hoover vacuum, leaving one blinding shade of perfectly clear indigo sky to
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Part 1 of the Long Trail video series. The rest coming later this year. Back to the PCT tomorrow! Stay tuned for blog updates as we hike 200 miles in Oregon and 190 miles in Washington.
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A Short Film about Carolyn and I’s April backpacking trip through Japan.
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Laura Woodward Shelter to the Canadian Border 10 Miles (277 Total) It was mostly a disastrous night. We were stuck in a cloud (I hate this so much), and it stormed much of the night, pelting our beat up tent with more rain. In the morning we made the unfortunate discovery that the inside of
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Tillerson Camp to Laura Woodward Shelter 15 Miles (267 Total) It was a mostly restless and sleepless night in the shelter. It was a packed house (8 people), which makes it quite noisy, with everyone moving around on their crinkly mattresses, breathing and snoring. We left the shelter dry, albeit in a cloud. The trail
15 Miles (252 Total) Corliss Camp to Tillerson Camp I slept very well last night. Almost too well. I fell asleep at 7 PM and woke up at midnight to a large animal fumbling through the woods. It was most likely a deer. It didn’t sound large enough to be a bear. They are usually
15 Miles (252 Total) Corliss Camp to Tillerson Camp I slept very well last night. Almost too well. I fell asleep at 7 PM and woke up at midnight to a large animal fumbling through the woods. It was most likely a deer. It didn’t sound large enough to be a bear. They are usually