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  • Seven Life Lessons from the PCT
  • The Trail Has a Way
  • You’re On Your Own, Kid: 6 Lessons I Learned After Hiking Over 3,000 Miles Solo

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thetrek.co /1 week ago

Seven Life Lessons from the PCT

The Pacific Crest Trail has a funny way of teaching you life lessons whether you signed up for them or not. I went to the PCT expecting mountains, beautiful sunsets, incredible vie...

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thetrek.co /4 weeks ago

The Trail Has a Way

The PCT has a funny way of balancing itself out. Some days seem determined to test you. The heat settles in before the sun even rises, the climbs feel endless, and every mile takes...

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thetrek.co /2 weeks ago

You’re On Your Own, Kid: 6 Lessons I Learned After Hiking Over 3,000 Miles Solo

When I stepped onto the Appalachian Trail in 2021, I had never backpacked overnight, hiked solo, or even met another long-distance hiker. Now, more than 3,000 solo miles later, I'm...

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thetrek.co /1 month ago

PCT California Sections O & P: Burney Falls to Etna Summit (Miles 1420.6–1601.2)

Note: I am hiking the PCT while working full-time remotely. I work Monday through Thursday from my RV, and trail run some Monday-Thursday nights and hike Friday through Sunday befo...

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thetrek.co /1 month ago

PCT Mile 1093 to 1297

Day 80 After three restful and fun zero days in Tahoe where I paddle boarded and even rented a jet ski for the first time in my life, it was time to get back on trail from Echo Lak...

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thetrek.co /1 month ago

PCT Section K: Echo Lake to Donner Summit (Miles 1093.4–1158.1)

Note: I am hiking the PCT while working full-time remotely. I work Monday through Thursday from my RV, and trail run some Monday-Thursday nights and hike Friday through Sunday befo...

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thetrek.co /1 week ago

Middle Miles

Checking Out of Hotel California Well I’m finally out of California after nearly 4 months.  Such a varied state, forgot I was still in the same one since Mexico.  With 900 miles le...

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thetrek.co /1 month ago

PCT California Sections M & N: Donner Summit to Burney Falls (Miles 1196.5–1420.6)

Note: I am hiking the PCT while working full-time remotely. I work Monday through Thursday from my RV, and trail run some Monday-Thursday nights and hike Friday through Sunday befo...

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thetrek.co /1 month ago

PCT Section J: Sonora Pass to Echo Lake (Miles 1018.1–1093.4)

Note: I am hiking the PCT while working full-time remotely. I work Monday through Thursday from my RV, and trail run some Monday-Thursday nights and hike Friday through Sunday befo...

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thetrek.co /1 week ago

Advice Can Become Adventure – Just Listen!

I hadn’t even heard of the JMT until about 10 years ago. I was on my annual solo backpack heading south on the Appalachian Trail. I had just left Uncle Johnny’s in Erwin, TN to pic...

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thetrek.co /1 month ago

Piecing the PCT Together

I spent years fine-tuning the perfect plan to complete a PCT thru hike. In a world where we can create infinite spreadsheets with infinite formulae, why accept even a glimmer of un...

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latimes.com /1 week ago

Contributor: The trail imparts lessons to aging hikers, and they to us

The Appalachian Trail and Pacific Crest Trail taught my aging parents to adapt, and that's a survival skill for us all.

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thetrek.co /1 month ago

The Desert: 702 Miles of Contradiction

This is hard! From 37C to -2C or 100F to 29F Mountains and hills Galore. Dirt and wind and more dirt As expected: lots of snakes and lack of water. So I have a saying I came up wit...

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thetrek.co /4 weeks ago

Keep Living the Dream

It was strange waking up solo at camp. After over 80 days of hiking around people every single day, it was kind of nice. Although I miss my little group and can’t wait to see them...

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thetrek.co /1 month ago

Thru Hiking The PCT: The People You Meet

The Experience of Thru Hiking The thru hiking culture is unique and often described as akin to adult summer camp. I’ve met people from The Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Sweden,...

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thetrek.co /1 week ago

The Oregon Trail

Camp was buzzing this morning. After 3.5 months, we were just a few short miles from taking our last steps in California. Our tents were covered in dew from a cloud inversion that...

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thetrek.co /2 weeks ago

Tahoe Rim Trail Days 1 & 2 – A lesson in over planning

Well kids, I goofed. I’m posting this from back at Mellow Mountain Hostel, where I hitched to this morning off trail. My body is telling me I need to take a break, and I’m listenin...

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thetrek.co /1 month ago

The Road to Kennedy Meadows

Somewhere around mile 600, the desert started feeling different. The Joshua trees were still there. The water carries were still long. The wind was still trying to blow us off ridg...

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thetrek.co /1 month ago

PCT Section L: Donner Summit to Highway 49 (Miles 1158.1–1196.5)

Note: I am hiking the PCT while working full-time remotely. I work Monday through Thursday from my RV, and trail run some Monday-Thursday nights and hike Friday through Sunday befo...

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thetrek.co /2 weeks ago

The Trail Gives Back

One More Climb Leaving town is always harder than getting there. The hot showers are behind you, your backpack is full of food again, and your legs have just started remembering wh...

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thetrek.co /5 days ago

PCT Oregon Sections E–G: Highway 58 to Cascade Locks (Miles 1909.4–2150.2)

Note: I am hiking the PCT while working full-time remotely. I work Monday through Thursday from my RV, and trail run some Monday-Thursday nights and hike Friday through Sunday befo...

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thetrek.co /1 month ago

The New Normal

Middle Velma Lake was perfectly still when I crawled out of my tent on the morning of Day 75. After weeks of waking every time the wind rattled my shelter or another hiker wandered...

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thetrek.co /1 month ago

Welcome to the Hostel California

I didn’t want to leave my tent this morning. The sunrise alpenglow on the mountain was too pretty. However, I was down to one granola bar and a small bag of corn nuts, so I needed...

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thetrek.co /1 day ago

Three Things I Would Change, and One I Wouldn’t, About My Tahoe Rim Trail Thru Hike

I’ve been back from Tahoe for a few days now and I’ve had time to reflect on my time on trail. There’s three things I would change, if I could do it over again, and one I wouldn’t...

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