Bloggers
A Thru-Hiker Letter to COVID-19
Dear COVID-19, Leave. Get out of our bodies. Get off trail. You, COVID-19, YOU #stayhome. This is not a request from the PCTA, but a demand from me, a human....
Gear Prep Paralysis
Making gear decisions as an aspiring first-time thru-hiker.
They Stole My Gear but not My Community
Hi. My name is Kaitlin and my PCT dream was stolen. And I know what the first thing that pops in your mind when reading that statement is---you and thousands...
COVID-19, I’m Taking What Ya Give Me
My friends, we are living in a strange time. Just last week, I was gearing up to head west to hike the Pacific Crest Trail with my best friend, her...
A Dream Deferred
The dream was born in the fall of 2008. It was a year after Into the Wild, directed by Sean Penn, came out on DVD. We were still renting movies...
The Week That Changed My Year, as Told by My Texts
Never have I ever known as wide a range of emotions that carried such consequence as those I experienced March 14 to March 20. I went from extreme to extreme...
The Virus: Tales of a Heartbroken Thru-Hiker
It is with an extremely heavy heart and tear-filled eyes that I announce the postponement of my Pacific Crest Trail thru-hike. The last week or so has been one of...
Postponing My Thru-Hike, Not My Life
Like many others, I have decided to postpone my thru-hike this year due to COVID-19. The past two years I've been looking forward to this adventure, putting other aspects of...
PCT Heartbreak: Looking Toward the Far Horizon
There is always hope....
The Trail Will Wait: Do Your Part and Stay Home
Hiking is off the table for now. I'll wait, and maybe if things calm down by June I will try to hike from Tuolomne Meadows to Canada. That's all that's...