General hiking features, helpful info and random musings for PCT hikers.
In 1996, Sarah LaRue (aka TurtleGirl) almost gave up on hiking after a miserable attempt at climbing Mount St. Helens in Washington. It was early in the season and she was out of shape, unprepared and had never hiked or camped in the snow before. It took her a while to get back out on the trail again after …
Four years ago, over frosty margaritas and a giant plate of nachos, Tami Asars asked if I would be interested in writing a hiking guidebook. She had just released her first book, Hiking the Wonderland Trail, and was looking to take on a new project. A big one—the entire Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). Tami and I …