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View fullsize It’s been just over three weeks since I sat on top of Mt. Whitney in the cold wind contemplating what it meant to be finished hiking. I have gone through this before after hiking the AT, so I thought I had an idea of how the transition to post-
View fullsize The Sierras: June vs. October. - One thing I really enjoyed about how we ended our PCT hike is that we got to revisit part of the trail that was completely snow covered in mid-June. The difference is amazing. All of the before photos are taken from
View fullsize My alarm wakes me up at 12:30 AM. My body protests, reminding me that I need more than 3.5 hours of sleep. I lay motionless in the gray space between sleep and wakefulness. My mind eventually convinces me, that yes, I really do want to wake up and hi
View fullsize Couldn’t have asked for a better ending to my PCT hike. Highest point in the lower 48. What a journey it’s been. Mexico to Mt. Whitney, Canada to Mt. Whitney. And a lot of bonus miles. #pct2019 #pct
View fullsize Yosemite: the Granite Planet. #pct #pct2019 #pctsobo #yosemite #sierranevada #falltimeisthebesttime
View fullsize We walk amongst granite giants, whose chiseled faces tell of strengths unknown. We feel small amidst the mighty, for how can we, being finite creatures, understand what toils must be endured to withstand the constant grind of time. What have these he
View fullsize Trail reunion! We walked into the Glen Aulin Camp and were surprised to see many of our friends who we’ve hiked with with at some point in our adventure and haven’t seen since Oregon. And one guy @kean_hikes we even started on the same da
View fullsize The high Sierra lakes are unbelievably beautiful. #pct #pctig #pct2019 #pctsobo2019 #sierras #hike #thousandislandlake
View fullsize Tomorrow, we climb those mountains. But today, we figure out how to fit a bear can into our backpacks. 😕 #pct #pct2019 #sierras
View fullsize Twilight. Sometimes night hiking has its perks. #pct #pct2019 #siearras
View fullsize I wake up and emerge from the tent into a frozen landscape. Quite literally. Even my shoes are frozen, making it difficult to put my feet into them. It feels like Christmas, with the sun, rising over the semi-frozen lake, the best present I could rec
View fullsize After spending a couple of days in town hiding out from the storms, we returned to find a fresh blanket of snow covering the mountains. It’s incredibly beautiful. Much of the last 25 miles of trail has been covered in snow, in some places close
View fullsize Early morning light at 9,000 feet. #pct #pct2019 #hike #sierranevadamountains
View fullsize We ascended our first real mountain pass at about 9500 feet yesterday. From here the mountains get bigger and bigger. This feels like the gateway to the Sierras, the final chapter of this crazy hike. (Not pictured: the crazy wind that continuously kn
View fullsize Hiking out of Donner Pass a few days ago. With a snow storm looming, we zoomed through this stretch of trail, and arrived in South Lake Tahoe minutes before the bulk of the nasty weather hit. #pct #pct2019 #pctassociation
View fullsize The last good view of Mt. Shasta, from about 2 weeks ago. We’ve picked up our pace since then. It’s sometimes hard to wrap my mind around how far we’ve come in such a short time. #pct #pctassociation #pct2019 #mtshasta
View fullsize The last 36 hours have summarized thru-hiking life. We hiked to 11 PM out of Sierra City, then 26 miles to Donner Pass on four hours of sleep. Trail friends: I love the small, late season SOBO group we’ve been hiking with the last two weeks. We
View fullsize Sierra Buttes shortly before sunset. In the last week, we’ve hid out from storms in a lovely cabin, made some new friends, passed the 2,200 mile mark, and done a lot of night hiking. The mountains are beginning to get taller. The high Sierras
View fullsize Mt. Shasta, 5:20 AM, the time where night and morning meet. - #pct #pctig #pct2019 #mtshasta #dawn #stars