The forests of the San Jacinto wilderness are awesome! In those early days it was like getting a glimpse of what the Sierra might be like. I got some really great campsites in this area despite some spooky Cougar stuff. Not to mention Idyllwild was so incredible and easily one of my favorite trail towns. …
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PCT Series: Julian to Idyllwild
So it's kinda the day before I upload my next video and I realized I forgot to post last week's video here. Whoops. I've been waiting a long time to throw this one together. Though I was perpetually around the corner from calamity after calamity, I really loved this section. Not only was it so …
Solo Hiking
So this is something I see pop up a lot. Solo hikers for some reason or another are kinda made out to be part of some fringe group when I feel it either is or should be a very normal thing. I see people glowing when they do their first solo trip which is a …
Budget Lightweight Setup
This is something I've been kinda playing with recently after looking back in horror of how much money I spent on all my hiking gear. Seeing people make the same mistakes I did is sad because - while it's their money, their comfort, their hike, etc - You're much better off keeping extra money in …
Post-Trail Blues
So I basically broke while editing my next video so I figured it'd be a good time to make a post about this finally. A lot of people say the trail doesn't change you really, and I agree with that to a degree. I'm not a different person really despite a few new small additions …
PCT Video Series: Campo to Julian
I'm all moved in! Kind of! I'm currently working on my computer on the floor like some kind of savage (and I wouldn't have it any other way) but I've been able to start working on getting all of my footage thrown together. Rather than doing a giant mega-movie I decided to release it in …
PCT 2016 Preview
I've been sitting on hundreds clips of footage for a couple months now just dying to start editing them together but my laptop's capability is limited and can only run very barebones software, so I have to wait until I can pull my PC out of storage. I can't do that until I have somewhere …
Gear Swappage
I was largely happy with the gear I took on the PCT as far as functionality goes. Everything worked enough to get me from A to B, but I did have some issues with my setup. I'll go over my final PCT gear list and list gripes I had with certain items once I'm settled …
Zion National Park
Ah, Zion. Land of the beginning, my first backpacking trip. Whenever I look back it just seems so perfect, almost no crowds, accessible trails, picturesque desert/canyon scenery. You seriously can not go wrong with this place, or at least that's what I thought when I made it my first real stop. On the way to …
Endings and Beginnings
Well, my PCT trek is over. It's taken me almost a month to come to terms with that in some shape or form, to wade through all the feelings that stem from that little fact. For almost 5 months, I lived outside. I woke up in my tent every morning, packed it up, walked, ate, …