Since I'm back with all this footage on my hands I decided to throw a little preview together of what's to come. I wish I could start editing in full right now but my laptop can't do all the things I need it to. It's like 10 years old, the screen is in a constant …
Tag: thru-hiking
Oregon Coast Trail: Days 1 – 5
I feel like such a stereotype right now blogging in an independent coffee shop. But the coffee is good and being cooped up in a hotel room sucks. Day 1 After being dropped off at a hiker/hiker campsite by my brother and mom, my dad and I set up camp and crashed with zero …
‘Another’ 2017 plan revision
So I learned something really discouraging today: The Ice Age Trail is largely going to be closed in October for the hunting season. That was pretty frustrating news, I knew that it would be a reality but the extent of it wasn't apparent to me until I asked other hikers. Since my dad wants to …
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 …
PCT Hindsight Shakedown
I guess it's time to cover this. Bleh. I dug through a shit ton of pictures to find a picture of what I set out on the PCT with so I can go over what I set out with, what I got rid of, and things I've replaced them with up to this point. I …
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 …
Utah Mountain Route (pt.2)
Okay so some stuff happened due to the awesome help of the developer of the HikerBot app (an android app that acts as a guide on the major US trails). I was getting a little frustrated with other mobile apps trying to get my route on there, but more importantly having real-time updates on mileage/how …
Utah IDK Route
IDK meaning.. you know.. "I dunno". I've gotten into a new hobby I think where I pick a place and try and make a route through it. It all started when I thought I was going to hike a section of the American Discovery Trail this summer and had to play 'connect the dots' with …
The Oregon Coast Trail
The last two days I turned on some good music, booted up Google Earth and a few different trail resource pages, and started plotting a route from Washington to California along the Oregon coast. Initially I tried very hard to stay along the 'true route' of the trail but found it difficult when the only …
2017 Gear Updates
I've settled on just using my gear I already have for the most part, there's no point in buying new stuff when my setup from the PCT is still good to use right? Even so, some stuff did wear down a bit or just break completely. You can view my full gear list here, and …