The Pacific Crest 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 ...

Mash’ alarm went off a full hour before we were supposed to wake up. Fitz let him know the full range of her displeasure. Mash counterargument was that he gets 2 sleeps this way, compared to us ...

I saw a bear! We were driving along the highway back to trail when Fitz suddenly shouted: ‘Bear, that’s a bear!’ It was a beautiful, massive brown beast, simply strolling next to the ...