The first day of setup for the 184 mile trek across the western desert of Utah. Yeehaww!
Tag: desert
The Pony Loop
Eight years ago I packed up my Corgi, threw her in the car, and we went for a little drive in a chaotic and unspecific westerly direction. I'd seen a lot of Utah having grown up here, but the west desert was kind of an unknown to me, and I found its quiet and dry …
Ferner Mountain
In lands west of the city, west of the alpine and north of all that people associate Utah with lies an unassuming desertscape. Littered with mountains and large expanses of land, dotted with the history of Western expansion. This is where you go to get away from everything, it’s where you go for quiet, it’s …
San Rafael Swell
The only thing swell going on these days is a patch of land in Southern Utah. Lemme restart, that was bad. I guess it’s no secret this year has been kinda messed up, and really at this point it needs no introduction or discussion, all I can say is it derailed everything I had going …
Bears Ears National Monument
Before I get into anything, here's some quick facts about Bears Ears and the American West: Every 2.5 minutes, a football field's worth of land is lost to human development. Bears Ears National Monument suffers the least from light pollution than any of the other popular National Park Destinations in the West. While it's not …
San Rafael Reef Loop Part 1
I'm dividing this into two parts because I have a lot of footage. I went out and hiked a little loop of what I hope can someday be a larger loop encompassing the entire San Rafael Swell, and it was fucking incredible. It was a modest 30 mile hike that I repeatedly wished could …
Next Weekend and Other Things
I have a vacation day at work to burn, and when I looked at the calendar for available days off I subconsciously chose April 15th which I later realized marks one year since I started the PCT, so now I have to go out and do something like walk through nature. UGH FINE. I've jumped …
The Pony Express Trail
I think I've become somewhat of a magnet for trails/future adventures. https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3951/33158614480_d067624a02_k.jpg Instead of hiking today I went out for a drive to the western Utah desert, because I've never really been out there before for some reason. What was supposed to be a relatively short drive turned into an all day escapade because not …
PCT Series: Tehachapi to Kennedy Meadows
A day late and a dollar short, my bad. I started a job where I do a lot of job things. It's a lot of physical activity which is my favorite kind of job, but man did it wear me out the first little while. So I kinda fell asleep yesterday forgetting to upload the …
PCT Series: Wrightwood to Agua Dulce
If you read my journal you'd know this section was a bit of a mixed bag for me. I loved it so much and I also reached probably my largest level of frustration ever here as well (over nothing in particular). The Angeles National Forest was great. The hike back down to the desert along …
The Limping Rabbit 
