Pacific Crest Trail

My Washington hike was over, and mentally, I was ready for the over 400 miles hike through Oregon. In fact, I was anxiously looking forward...

Hell is a trail going up and down and strewn with loose rocks and stones.  That trail is the last ten miles to Bridge of...

I had mistakenly tied my right shoe too tight to help traverse descending trails.  Now that bad decision was coming back to haunt me and...

Some northbound hikers told Halloween and me about an alternate route for the PCT. We both decided to go ahead and try it.

The highlight of the day were the lakes that I passed. It's really cool to see pristine lakes in the wilderness. I pushed on for...

Goodbye Trout Lake. This is the last time I'll ever see it.  It's hard to imagine the circumstances that would return me to this neat,...

Should I cross Adams Creek? IMy OCD was compelling me to finish the last 9 miles, so I could say I hiked every mile of...

The plan is to hike all the way to Forest service road FS 5603. That's the trailhead where we were stopped last year because of...