Northern California

Last night was one filled with chaos and panic. Lots of people had passed our campsite, bringing disturbing reports of falling ash, thick smoke and a red glow visible on the horizon. The fire had ...

I got up earlier than normal, all too glad to leave my muggy abode behind. This was the first night I slept without sleeping bag for most of it. I only had my underpants on and felt like my sweat had ...

This was it then. The supposed climax of the heat which had been beating relentlessly down on us these past 2 weeks. Seiad Valley was already generally hotter than the rest of NorCal, but with the ...

Mash had been hounding us for days now to do a 30  mile day together and today we did. I got up and left, racing ahead of the others. Usually, I prefer to switch hiking alone with parts together, ...

The heatwave that never ends didn’t either today. We made a quick stop in Etna, a teeny tiny town. Fitz and Lavalamp had camped there the night prior on the high school tennis court. We rested ...

It was supposed to be a short day, only 21 miles. It did not feel like a short day at all. FarOut had warned us about a ‘Blowdown Buffet’ and for once, it wasn’t exaggerated. It felt ...

Time for my actual birthday! I felt like it had been going on for a long time, basically since Shasta, such that I didn’t expect anything to happen today, far from town. How wrong I was! It ...

Time for a tale of tragedy and sadness! It began in the morning, when Lucky Charm’s eye fell upon a dead moth lying on the trail. It was a beautiful, big moth, a deep orange hue tinting its ...

3 months on trail today. I remember way back when such milestones meant something. Now I barely gave it a second thought. I did a lot, but there is more to do, much more. Dog On gave us a ride back to ...