The Pacific Crest Trail

Mather Pass is known to be one of the more difficult passes. Mostly because of the steep incline and the amount of snow on its sides. Luckily, ours is not a heavy snow year and only the north side, ...

The climb up Pinchot was endless. Even though it was not hard, it tested all our spirits. It was probably the most beautiful day so far though, with icy lakes and green meadows popping up everywhere. ...

We left Bishop and went back up Kearsarge Pass to continue to our second pass of the day: Glen Pass. The altitude gets to me less and less, but carrying six plus days of food up two passes was still ...

All the usual today: resupply, checking gear, buying new stuff etc. As the mosquitoes had targeted me last time I bought a headnet for protection. A few surprise people arrived at the hostel. The ...

The food supply dwindles. Whiffs of our own smell make us wince. Salt stains from sweat stand out white on our clothing. Yes, it is that time again, time for town. Bishop is the place this time, a ...

In the Sierra’s, hikers have to go through a series of high altitude passes. These passes are often covered in snow and afternoon storms gather there in the summer, so they require some ...

4421 meters, I did it! Our march up Whitney (or Hwitney, as Coyote would no doubt prefer) started at 1 am, in pitch black darkness. A train of headlamp lights formed along the slopes of the mountain. ...

The altitude is kicking in hard. Small climbs that I would have been able to run up now require great effort and make me run out of breath. Positive thought is that we will be flying in Northern ...

My hope of getting used to the elevation quickly was in vain. The day started out good, my achew from yesterday were almost gone and I was cruising the first 10 miles. After those however, I got ...