Author: Gracetopher

www.patreon.com/posts/19082988 I’m excited and terrified. I can’t believe I’ve come so far….. only a week away from Kennedy Meadows now! In the Sierras the PCT will feel like a totally…

www.patreon.com/posts/18867377 I have the opposite experience that most hikers do, thanks to Dave at the Bud Pharm I was able to find temporary work while my feet rested up. Also…

This was the longest stretch yet between resupplies, yet somehow I made it into Wrightwood with more food than I set out from  Big Bear with. Crazy huh? I got…

www.patreon.com/posts/18821563 One month ago today I began hiking north from the border with a girl named Grace, and now that it’s been a month and 369 miles (but felt like…

Huge shoutout to the woman who answered yes to backpacking as a honeymoon trip and then proceeded to raise me half in the woods. You taught me the fine art…

In case I start writing words that don’t make sense to you, here’s some of the lingo we use on trail: thru-hiker: One who hikes the entire length of a…

This is a shoutout to trail angels Rick and Donna who let me sleep in their horse barn last night and then made sure I was well fed before driving…

May 10, 1998 it was Mother’s Day, and to remind us all of that fact two little infants called Daisy and Jonah got to add to our mom’s mom credentials.…

On the night of May 7th, I camped at Mission Spring Trail Camp – mile 239.9. We’d walked less than 10 miles that day, but Lumberjack was not doing well,…

www.patreon.com/posts/18695351 Today may just be the best day so far! Good miles, good people, hit that 10% mark, made it into town for a well deserved shower and laundry and…