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Day 110 – snowpocolypse
PCT day 23The Sierra Nevada are going to be epic. Today I climbed from roughly 7k feet to over 11k feet. It rained, it’s snowed, the sun...


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Day 109 – Meadows
PCT day 22 For the first time in a long time I allowed myself to sleep in. This meant I had absolutely exhausted all attempts to stay in...
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Day 108 – Kennedy Meadows
PCT day 21 I woke up with the sun and started my 37 mile day. The day was spent walking around the edge of multiple canyons. It was only...


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Day 107 – Walker Pass
PCT day 20 When you think of the desert you immediately think scalding heat. This is true but in the evenings and at night the...


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Day 106 – Joshua Tree
PCT day 19 The day began in a cloud. The day ended in the wind. Everything in the middle had some of everything. I started walking...


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Day 105 – The Desert Finale
PCT day 18 Luckily all my stuff showed up at the Tehachapi post office and I was able to leave town and get back on the trail. I didn’t...


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Day 104 – Elements of adventure
PCT day 17 Yvon Chouinard who’s the founder of the company Patagonia said “When everything goes wrong, that’s when the adventure...
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Calendar Year Triple Crown Gear List
Pack Granite Gear AC Leopoldo 48 on the AT -Red Fox Racer wire 40 on the PCT Sleeping Bag -Red Fox Yeti -20 degree Celsius in southern AT...


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Day 103 – The Mojave Desert
PCT DAY 16 I think naturally most of us see many more sunsets than sunrises, and I am the exact same way. But on this particular morning...


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Day 102 – Another day another detour
PCT day 15 Unfortunately my time with all these trail Angels must be short lived with my accelerated schedule and I had to say good bye...


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Day 101 – Flashback
PCT day 14There are many iconic trail Angels on the PCT but I my mind two stand out above the rest. They are also only 24 miles apart and...


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Day 100 – Hiker Heaven
PCT day 13 With 30 miles to go I was not especially diligent in getting up early and getting on the trail. After doing a 50 mile day I...


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Day 99 – Fifty
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Day 98 – The Wind
PCT day 11Staying in a hotel is nice but it always interrupts the normal routines such as breakfast. Because it was there, I took full...


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Day 97 – The Hotel
PCT day 10After a day at the nature hot springs “spa” I had 34 miles to get to Cajon Pass where my friend Lil Buddha bought me a hotel...


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Day 96 – The Oasis
PCT day – 9 I woke up at little bear spring with 22 miles of hiking until one of my favorite spots on the trail. I was prepared to do it...
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Day 95 – the heat returns
I woke up way to early at the trail Angels house and spent my morning backing up the pictures on my phone while waiting for the 12 other...


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Day 94 – hiking, fires, detours
PCT day 7 I walked 20 miles enjoyable miles through the San Gorgonio wilderness. A series of canyons and ridges that look straight out of...
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Day 93 – San Jacinto
PCT day 6 I had a good breakfast and coffee and made the first of two Mother’s Day calls before leaving idyllwild and hiking up to 10k...
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Day 92 – Paradise
PCT day 5 It rained all night and I left a candy bar in my pocket while I slept so I have a bruise on my hip. These are thru hiker...
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