Packing and planning gear for the Pacific Crest Trail can be daunting. I know I spent hours pouring over gear reviews when I was prepping for my hike. I hiked the PCT in 2018, and below is what I carried on the trail, including items…
I’m a nerd, and like statistics. It’s a fun way to organize and look at the hike in a very non-personal way (but also very personal because very few people probably have the same stats as me). I also get asked many questions like “how…
Death Valley has always been on my list of places to visit (gotta get to all those National Parks), though, not on a short list, but I decided to visit recently, somewhat on a whim because I was starting a new job a whole week later…
NOTICE: A Wildfire Ravaged Big Basin State Park in August 2020 and the Skyline to Sea Trail is CLOSED in Big Basin until further notice. If you live in the Bay Area, and especially if you drive on Highway 280 frequently, you are used to…
Towards the end of my four years in Seattle, and with a newfound lust for the outdoors, I started freaking out about all of the places I still wanted to see before moving home. One of those places was the Olympic Peninsula. With a long…
