Remember Erik the Invisible Hiker? The trail seems to be mellowing him, if this post is any indication: As we walked along the aqueduct a group approached from the rear which turned out to be Sage, Burning Man, Tony, Nadine…

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Catra Corbett of Fremont, CA, (my first California locale) plans to set a new record for thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. She has wacky hair, enough body art to fill a New York gallery and a shoe contract that got…

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A reporter with the Riverside Press-Enterprise tags along with Ray Clark, a PCT thru-hiker who goes by the trail name Sole to Soul. He met Pat, AKA Crow, along the way: In the morning, Clark came upon Pat Pieper, a…

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He says Great Debates powered his hike up the PCT last year. In Big Bear, for example, TG and I hiked an unnecessary four miles because our conversation about The Myth of the Californian Pool Boy meant we missed a…

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Cloudspotter, at mile 212. From behind me, I heard a voice, “Where do you need to go?” I tried to smile in order to hide the deer-in-the-headlights feeling that coursed through my veins. “We’re trying to get a ride back…

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Ladybug, nearing the Mojave. When I hiked on, the Sonoran Zone became even more evident. The Mojave desert is not far away. The views were spectacular today as I descended to the North Fork Ranger Station. I met Todd and…

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A guy named Bill Batchelor who’s on the Pacific Crest Trail has been sending home videos from his days on the dirt. They’re quite good, not even too shaky when when he records as he walks. Here’s his YouTube page.…

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I’ve been reading The Funk Brothers’ trail journal from thru-hiking the PCT in 1975. Excellent perspective on then vs. now; back then the trail wasn’t finished, so lots of road miles were required. But a similar array of, shall we…

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