I had low expectations for Trout Lake. A tiny town next to trail with only a diner, a taco truck and a small general store? That usually meant mediocre food, bad resupply and everything taking an ...

A quiet day in Washington. A wondrous surprise lay in waiting when I crossed a gravel road and suddenly felt the urge to poop. As it was already the second time that day, I really ...

I was told Washington would be cold. As expected, this was untrue. The western states of the US are one big continuous heatwave, anyone who says otherwise is either a liar or knows absolutely nothing ...

Early in the morning, Fitz, Mash and me surreptitiously left Thunder Island and trail days behind. In Cascade Locks, on the way to Bridge of the Gods, Turtle was stumbling through the streets, two ...

If there is one thing I don’t like to do on trail, it is planning. Conversations about daily mileage, campsites and elevation bore the living crap out of me. They are necessary, but I just want ...

Oregon ended a lot faster than I anticipated. In the morning humidity, we went down the last miles (with a long blackberry break) to Bridge of the Gods, the bridge separating Oregon and Washington. On ...

Only one highlight today: Tunnel Falls, a waterfall with a hewn out tunnel behind it that the trail goes through. As a FarOut comment aptly put it: this is the stuff people think thru hikers see ...

The end is nigh! Of Oregon at least, that is. And on the PCT, that is signified by Timberline Lodge, the last notable stop before the border. A ski lodge and famously one of the locations where The ...

Weird omens plagued us! And by us I mean Lucky Charm, I wanted nothing to do with it. It started in the morning, when Lucky Charm, in mid pee, had to jump out of the way of a falling tree branch. ...