Our alarm rang at 3h30. By 4am, we were on the move again, through the darkness of the morning. Our breakfast spot on the ridgeline gave us a beautiful view of a dark orange sunrise. The straggly, ...

A heatwave was starting today, because of course it did. I could take it. We’d start the day doing a 7000 feet climb. Such joy. Stinger’s mom drove in around 8h30 and brought us some trail ...

The vast majority of the days on trail are nothing but filled with adventure, excitement and laughter. The rest of them, a very small minority, are crushing, heartbreaking and make me want to shut the ...

Due to the escapades the previous day, we were closer to Buck’s Lake, a tiny town next to a lake, than anticipated. A brisk race up to the top of the climb and a little roadwalk later (Fitz ...

2000 km of hiking! What a stupidly long distance and I’m not even halfway. I found Eschi after the first climb, his ever mischievous look glimmering in his eyes.‘You just missed Half and ...

Merlin, Marble and IPA are behind. Half and Half, Lavalamp and Lucky Charm are ahead. That leaves Mash, Fitz and me in the middle. The chase for the front group is on! Or at least it would be if we ...

I awoke in the middle of the night. Half asleep I think: ‘Why does my tent smell like a music festival?’ Someone must have made a campfire, I eventually conclude and go back to sleep. In ...

Woohoow, it’s the 4th of July! Which means.. absolutely nothing to non-Americans. Even less so if you’re on trail. Nothing much happened today. I was flying across the trail. It’s ...

Time for hot food! The Donner Ski Ranch, a place that is also a restaurant and has milkshakes (probably not though, knowing my luck), lies close to trail and today we passed there! Right before I got ...