“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!…
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“Walking is man’s best medicine”. – Hippocrates The Sixth Week – Perseverance Will Prevail Into the desert proper… Taking respite from the sun under a cactus palm as we cross the western arm of…
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“Potest quia posse videntur – He can because he thinks he can”. – From ‘The Pacific Crest Trail’, Cicerone, by Brian Johnson Muir The Fifth Week – Turning Into Walking Machines… Celebrating being a…
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“Walking gets the feet moving, the blood moving, the mind moving. And movement is life”. – Terri Guillemets The Fourth Week – In It For The Long Haul… This week we reached 300 miles…
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“I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out I found was really going in”. – John Muir The Third Week – Upping Our Game……
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“To walk for long periods is to escape the quotidian, to leave jobs, people and life’s minutiae for routines of a different, more nourishing kind. The effects of solitude, like those of landscape, accrue…
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“Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time”. – Steven Wright The First Week – Breaking Ourselves In! Beginning our dream hike across western USA on the Pacific Crest Trail. Day 1 –…
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Unexpected Treats & The Trail Angel Phenomenon! If you’re not familiar with the term, ‘trail angels’ are the people out on the trail who take pride in helping others. Sometimes when you’re feeling down…
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Our Last Night In The Wilderness… From wanting to see a bear, to being desperate for more food, to developing the hiker ‘look’ and ‘smell’, to getting our kit off in the coldest of…
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Over The Final Pass… Today we hiked up another 3,000 feet from Centre Basin Creek to reach our final pass on the JMT. At 13,118 feet, not only is Forester Pass the highest pass…
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Not Too Far! We had a lay in this morning (not that we needed any extra sleep as we’re already getting at least 10 hours a night). But as we had less than a…