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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A popular Oregon trail along the PCT is no more, thanks to a chunk of glacier breaking off and causing havoc nearby. The bottom line for hikers is that the popular walk to Pamelia Lake, nestled at the southwest base…

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You may recall Cari Tucker, aka Sandals, whose plans for a 2007 Pacific Crest Trail thru-hike were interrupted last year by the small detail of a broken ankle. She must’ve done everything right, healingwise, because she made it to Warner…

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A guy who earned his trail name before he stepped foot on the trail — he goes by Out of Order in honor of his pack being lost in the flight across the country — is having quite an adventure.…

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