Sharon Allen, beside herself with anticipation, points to bearcan’t.org, perhaps the most elaborate Pacific Crest Trail journal ever created. 30-30, a 2004 AT veteran, starts his 2007 PCT journal as such: Hi, my name is Scott & I am a…
Through-hiking
Long-distance hiking on America’s National Scenic Trails.
Habitual Hiker profiled
by tmangan • February 27, 2007 • 0 Comments
Leonard M. Adkins is about to begin his fifth thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. The Charleston, W.Va., Daily Mail has a nice profile. It’s his wife’s fourth time, and his dog’s second. He made it 900 miles on the first…
Another thru-hiker fundraiser
by tmangan • February 26, 2007 • 0 Comments
From a recent Akron Beacon-Journal report: Josh Wengerd is taking steps — millions of them, in fact — to raise awareness about a Stark County group that helps people who can’t afford their prescription medicines. Starting next month, the 23-year-old…
Why he’s hiking the PCT
by tmangan • February 23, 2007 • 0 Comments
Paul Caccamo, from a Trail Journals prep entry: For quite some time I’ve been feeling the desire to check out of our mechanized and digitalized existence. I’ve become extremely sensetive to machine sounds over the past few years. If I’m…
Hooked on the PCT
by tmangan • February 9, 2007 • 0 Comments
Sarah at Freezerbag Cooking offers another of her excellent not-about-cooking posts, this one on the siren song of the Pacific Crest Trail, of which she’s hiked a few sections: Over the past years I started piecing trips out when I…
The AT in 90 seconds
by tmangan • February 8, 2007 • 2 Comments
Old Goat put together this video slide show of his Appalachian Trail adventure last year. Pretty cool!
Ruined by the PCT
by tmangan • January 10, 2007 • 0 Comments
Seems like only yesterday I posted a note about PCT Class o 2006 veteran Haiku; last night I found this at Trail Journals from Treehugger, who hiked with Haiku for 2000 miles last summer: I am happier than I have…
Haiku’s getting ready for another long hike
by tmangan • January 7, 2007 • 0 Comments
Haiku, last seen accompanying Treehugger and others for a couple thousand miles up the Pacific Crest Trail last summer, plans to hike the Continental Divide Trail this summer. What he’s up to now: I’m preparing/dehydrating food for my food drops.…
On top of ol’ Whitney
by tmangan • December 15, 2006 • 2 Comments
Rick of Best Hikes has posted a page telling all the nasty details about getting to the top of Mount Whitney. Why Rick likes the Whitney hike: no climbing gear needed surprisingly easy if you get good weather it’s a…