I spent three hours today creating a google earth map of the PCT re-supply points along the trail. Despite this awesome map, you should have google earth anyway. It’s amazing. You can download it at this page. Install it and then you can click here and download and see my awesome map with all 29 [...]

I feel I have neglecting proper updates in lieu of facebook blurbs and twitter. I’m at the outdoor portion of a Starbucks in San Diego listening to Peter Murphy and looking at traffic. Andy is in Vegas playing hockey and doing manly things with other men. I’m staying in San Diego doing girly things with [...]

I’m leaving San Diego today but not before making a basic granola recipe that will the base from which we will eat about 180 breakfasts. Andy doesn’t tolerate oats well so I made it with quinoa flakes. Before I bought a 25 lb. bag, I thought I should do a test run. I’m smart like [...]

Yesterday I bought around 250 nutrition bars off of Ebay. You know, those bar things that taste like chocolate covered cardboard and are supposed to be good for you (at least better than something with high fructose corn syrup). Most through hikers eat them. They eat alot of them. Like ten a day on epic [...]

There are two responses that I usually get when I tell people we’re attempting to hike the PCT. One is “oh my god….why?” accompanied by a look off horror. The other is “oh my good…cool!” accompanied by a look of enthusiasm. I never quite know how to answer the “why” question. I’ve found that it’s [...]

I’m just about done listing our lives on Ebay. I’m not sure if “done” means finished in the sense of “no more stuff” or “done” in the sense of “over it”. It’s hard to see the reality of the situation when you’re so close to the subject matter. Whatever the case, tonight, I’m done in [...]

We hiked most of the way to the summit of Bridge Mountain yesterday. We didn’t go all the way because the ice was making it too dangerous and it was getting dark. It was a momentous day because at the coldest it was 28 degrees and at the worst spots my legs post-holed (broke through [...]

I can’t quite decide if I’m hiding or relaxing right now. There are six rambunctious kids downstairs between the ages of one and twelve. I can almost feel the quiet, puffy shelter of this bed shake with every dropped Tonka truck, shriek of excitement or screaming outraged wail from a sibling punch or a hurt [...]

I’m in Minnesota. I’ll be here for a week hanging out and going to doctors appointments with my very puffy and closer to being diagnosed sister. I’ve been assured that Mayo Clinic is the the most interesting place to see in this town besides Mall of America, and we’re going there tomorrow. I came prepared [...]

We hiked fifteen somewhat flat although rocky miles at Red Rock Canyon yesterday. I could have used another day of recuperation, but I don’t think I was any worse for it. Although the last three miles, thankfully the flattest and easiest, my legs just didn’t want to go anymore. I was rewarded for my efforts [...]

It feels like someone drove a six inch prison shiv into both of my quadriceps. Or, maybe it feels like yesterday the baby hikers got their asses kicked by some big bad rocks. The prison shiv sounds so much more spicy in writing. We woke up at eight this morning and didn’t even try to [...]

Before I start my rant, please take a moment to think about this important meme and post your answer in the comments section. If you saw me in the back of a police car, what would you think I got arrested for? Written yesterday: We’re four hours outside of Vegas, back on the road after [...]

We’re going (coming?) back to Vegas. In a perfect synchronicity of events, at the same time we decided that it’s the right time to go back to the land of sports betting and free buffets, our friend Amanda is closing on her new house and needs some fine upstanding hobos like us as roommates. The [...]

Three days and a little under 60 miles of hiking to the cadence of peanut butter jelly time. We are slightly nauseous but a feeling like rockstars. We learned alot about endurance, found that our feet are much tougher than we gave them credit for and, when you burn about 6000 calories in three days, [...]

Things are serious now. We have a PCT gear spreadsheet. From all the things we’ve been reading, it seems like one of the biggest things you can do to help your success in any long distance hike is to manage your pack weight. This means ultra light gear. On the spread sheet, Andy has our [...]

We are still alive and still in Oklahoma. “Project X” ended up well for the week with Andy not getting kicked out of any casinos, refining his strategies and ending up in the black for the week. I went to Talihina for the weekend with a bunch of couchsurfers to “see the fall colors” and [...]