“I never get afraid of things; I only get excited”. – Tom Hiddleston The Twenty-Second Week – Back To The Big Stuff! Preparing to cross the Knife’s Edge in the Goat Rocks Wilderness –…
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“Deep down, at the molecular heart of life, the trees and we are essentially identical”. – Carl Sagan The Twenty-First Week – Two States Down. One To Go! For once we had a border…
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“I walked slowly to enjoy this freedom, and when I came out of the mountains, I saw the sky over the prairie, and I thought that if heaven was real, I hoped it was…
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“If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere”. – Frank A. Clark The Nineteenth Week – Staying Strong And Motoring On… Continuing north on the PCT enjoying a…
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“Hiking is a bit like life: The journey only requires you to put one foot in front of the other …again and again and again. And if you allow yourself opportunity to be present…
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“Above all do not lose your desire to walk: every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts and…
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“If you want to walk fast, walk alone. But if you want to walk far, walk together”. – African Proverb The Sixteenth Week – Closing The Gap! President Teddy Roosevelt dubbed Burney Falls as…
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“You never know what’s around the corner. It could be everything. Or it could be nothing. You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you look back and…
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“When everything feels like an uphill struggle, just think of the view from the top”. – Anonymous The Fourteenth Week – Stepping Into Summer! Showcasing the green and grand forested hills of Northern California!…
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“Now I see the secret of making the best person. It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth”. – Walt Whitman The Thirteenth Week – The…
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“Without new experiences, something inside of us sleeps. The sleeper must awaken”. – Frank Herbert The Twelfth Week – Into The Unknown After such spectacular scenery in the High sierra, we weren’t sure what…
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“Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far”. – Thomas Jefferson The Eleventh Week – Mission: Mosquito Avoidance Reflections of the Milky Way captured from Marie Lake at Mile 866.…
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“If you start, don’t give up, or you will be giving up at difficulties all your life”. – Alfred Wainwright The Tenth Week – A Pass Per Day Stood in the entrance to the…
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“It had nothing to do with gear or footwear or the backpacking fads or philosophies of any particular era, or even with getting from point A to point B. It had to do with…
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“The mountains are calling… And I must go”. – John Muir The Eighth Week – Entering The Wonderland Reaching a significant milestone on the PCT… 700 miles done and we can finally wave farewell…
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“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” – Beverly Sills The Seventh Week – Staying Strong And Making Strides To Reach The Sierra Making it to Mile 550… Because every step counts!…