PCT 2020

Trail Log: PCT Days 15-32

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From snow to desert. From hypothermia to triple digit heat. From southbound to northbound. So much has changed, and the trail has thrown new challenges at us every step of the way. Rattlesnakes, leg gashes, wrong turns, tendinitis, lightning-sparked wildfires… and yet, I remain deeply in love with the trail, with each moment, each vista, each new friend and starlit sky. As I sit reflecting on the last two weeks, I overflow with gratitude for every unexpected twist and turn of this incredible journey.

Trail Log: PCT Days 1-14

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The dust settles slowly over the now empty gravel parking lot. I can hear the faint sounds of my father in-law’s retreating truck down the Harts Pass road, his last words still echoing in my ears. “Good luck.” I turn to my hiking companions with an apprehensive smile, scarcely believing this day has finally come. After so many years of dreaming, so many nights spent pouring over blogs and gear reviews and pack lists, so many plans laid and relaid, so many training hikes, so many emotions leading up to this one moment that is finally actually really really here. After everything, here I finally am. “Let’s do this.”