Things we do while thru-hiking that are not socially acceptable in real life

After about 4 months on trail, these are some habits I’ve picked up which I’ll need to stop once we’re done hiking: – Hitch hiking & accepting rides from strangers; – Accepting food or drinks from strangers; – Eating unlabelled & unpackaged food found randomly in a box; – Not showering for 5+ days in […]

Week 2 of the PCT

After a busy night in Julian eating pizza, resupplying our food for the trail and doing laundry, we woke up unusually clean on day 7. We had some free apple pie (when you show your PCT permit) from Mom’s pies before heading back to the trail. It was 2pm when trail angel Tangerine dropped us […]

Summary of Week 1 on the PCT

It was still dark outside when trail angel Scout directed us and 30 or so other hikers to cars that would be dropping us off at the PCT southern terminus. As we whizzed along the highway, it still felt surreal to me that we were actually starting our 6 month long hike. We arrived at […]

Gear for the Pacific Crest Trail

So here we will talk about the gear Lora and I will use while we hike the Pacific Crest Trail. We touched base before that most gear is quite similar to an overnight hike. With a few exceptions of course, so let’s find out what we will need to hike over 4,000km! You can also […]

Sunny day for a self arrest

So we headed out for the day to Seymour Mountain for a little practice on our self arresting skills. Lora and I walked away with some valuable skills!

Where to start on the West Coast Trail

How to start planning for the West Coast Trail. Whether you have hiked before or are relatively new, please read below for some first had knowledge on how to plan your trip for the West Coast Trail. Picking a date and what direction to start Gear Selections (and my gear list) How to get to […]