A PCT Story

The Pacific Crest Trail travels over 2600 miles from the deserts of Southern California on the Mexican border, over the Sierra Nevada Mountains, across the Cascade Range, through the forests of Oregon and Washington before reaching Canada. It is a designated National Scenic Trail and is maintained by federal and state agencies as well as scores of volunteers. Each year hundreds of hikers and equestrians set out to travel on extensive long-distance hikes across the trail. Many even attempt to hike the entire trail. In 1995 a woman named Cheryl Strayed set out to spend her summer hiking on the PCT. She chronicled her story over...

Other Notable Hiking and Literary Accomplishments

Many in the general public applaud Cheryl Strayed for her impressive feat of walking 1100 miles, by herself. However in the larger picture of long-distance hiking, her accomplishment seems rather…pedestrian. Hundreds of men and women thru-hike the enti...

What is Hiker Trash?

What if bathing was now just a monthly occurrence? Imagine eating food fortified with mysterious, unidentified particles, and enjoying it. How would you fare living and sleeping in the dirt every day? Those that spend months at a time living...

The 7 Leave-No-Trace Principles

Before starting out on her PCT trek, Cheryl Strayed might have done herself and the environment a favor by studying up on 'Leave No Trace' values of outdoor ethics. Many outdoor activities, such as off-roading and hunting by nature leave an impact on the envi...