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…
Through-hiking
Long-distance hiking on America’s National Scenic Trails.
Ultra-runner aims to break 78-day PCT record
by tmangan • May 29, 2007 • 3 Comments
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…
A Crow sighting
by tmangan • May 29, 2007 • 0 Comments
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…
A fine Appalachian Trail blog
by tmangan • May 25, 2007 • 5 Comments
Alert reader Jeremiah Kemper pointed me to Ben and Lauren’s 2007 Adventure. Their latest post is from Erwin, Tennessee (mile 338.7), so there’s lots more hiking — and, more importantly, blogging — to go as they travel north. I found…
Rolling Thunder on trail conversations
by tmangan • May 24, 2007 • 0 Comments
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…
The funk test
by tmangan • May 21, 2007 • 0 Comments
Zero day musings from PCT’er Cloudspotter, during a stop in Big Bear last week: The Top 10 Ways To Tell If It’s Time To Do Laundry 10. When you take off your clothes, they retain your body shape. 9. The…
A PCT dispatch
by tmangan • May 16, 2007 • 0 Comments
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…
A PCT dispatch
by tmangan • May 14, 2007 • 0 Comments
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…
Cool PCT videos
by tmangan • May 9, 2007 • 0 Comments
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.…