A story in the Bozeman Chronicle describes some of what you’re up against in this story about a Montanan who just finished it: For most of the hike, Horan traveled with a friend, Colorado resident Mark Dixon. But Dixon had…
Through-hiking
Long-distance hiking on America’s National Scenic Trails.
Delving into “Zero Days”
by tmangan • October 17, 2007 • 1 Comment
So 4WheelBob is not the only chaser-of-remarkable-firsts in my acquaintance. It so happens that a woman I work with hiked the Pacific Crest Trail in 2004 with her 10-year-old daughter, the youngest ever to hike the whole trail. Barb Egbert…
Calipidder’s JMT report
by tmangan • August 29, 2007 • 0 Comments
Rebecca of Calipidder.com was finishing her John Muir Trail trek just as I was gearing up for the White Mountain Adventure. She now has several days of words and pictures posted, starting with this introduction, which includes links to each…
Catra’s not giving up
by tmangan • June 22, 2007 • 0 Comments
The many-tattooed, multiply-pierced PCT thru-hiker concedes she won’t break the speed record she was shooting for, but she’s still down for the whole 2600 miles: I talked to Tattoo Joe and we both know we won’t be able to get…
Up and down the Continental Divide
by tmangan • June 19, 2007 • 0 Comments
Rocky Mountain News interviews Francis Tapon, who’s yo-yo-ing the CDT this year. What is your experience hiking through the CDT’s Colorado segment? The scenery is amazingly beautiful. The hike is rough. I hiked from Cumbres Pass in the San Juan…
That blister really was killing her
by tmangan • June 17, 2007 • 2 Comments
Sandals recounts what happened before Manynames Tom found her lying alongside the Pacific Crest Trail in the Mojave Desert. About 7 pm, Manynames Tom came by and called Pete to let him know he was with me. Tom essentially spent…
A Sandals update
by tmangan • June 13, 2007 • 0 Comments
Her husband posted this on her PCT trail journal: Those of you following Gesh’s or Manynames Tom’s journals may have learned that Sandals became quite ill on the trail on Sunday evening, and had to be evacuated on Monday morning.…
It’s cold up there
by tmangan • June 13, 2007 • 0 Comments
Scatman, at the approach to Forester Pass on the Pacific Crest Trail. I was up at 5:15 AM and once again the raisins in my cereal were frozen. Scatman’s the guy who rode his bike from Canada to Mexico and…
A PCT dispatch
by tmangan • June 8, 2007 • 0 Comments
Katie Worth, from mile 367. Maybe I can find a way to blame McDonalds for the forest fire I started today, too. Hmm, like maybe one of the 4,000 cows that contributed to my burger yesterday was fed a hormone…