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…
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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…
Fun on the trail
by tmangan • June 5, 2007 • 0 Comments
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…
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…