Day 1 Today’s miles: 10.6 Total miles: 10.6 Here comes the sun! The Beatles tune was blaring on the camp speaker as dozens of hungry hikers devoured pancakes and waffles generously provided by the camp hosts.For the first time since we left San Diego, rays of sunshine were piercing the clouds.Our tent was dripping with…
Day -1 Woke up before dawn for our 6AM flight from San Francisco to San Diego. Our host and friend Enia woke up with us to give us a ride to the airport. She’s a longtime friend of Jess’s, a lawyer, and a proud Belarusian. I really enjoyed getting to know her better in our…
Hello blog readers! It’s been a while. In fact, it’s been four and half years since my last proper hiking update – after a National Park Service helicopter plucked me off the Pacific Crest Trail. A lot’s changed since then. I rode out the pandemic years in the Western Australian hermit kingdom. I had heart…
The folks over at Outdoor Evolution invited me to write a guest piece for them about my experience on the PCT. It turned into a post-mortem of my thru-hike, and a reflection on readjusting to society after months living on the trail. Check it out over at Outdoor Evolution.
I tossed and turned all night at my camp by Palisade Creek. My restless mind’s focus see-sawed between the sounds of the raging torrent running by my tent, and the irregular thump…thump…………..THUMP of my malfunctioning heart. I tried to calm myself, but kept giving in to the temptation to check my pulse. My heart had…