April 25th Mileage 20 Mile 0 to mile 20 What am I doing with my life/this is what I'm doing with my life/what is a "life". These things I know: people are friendly and gentle on the trail, 20 miles in the desert heat is no big, I've done this/I love doing this/this feels like … Continue reading Day one: campo to lake morena
anatomy of a resupply box
Clockwise from jerky: flattened dried bananas, tea/emergen-c/electrolytes, fish oil, multivitamin, rice krispie treat, cocaine (jk it's magnesium powder), chocolate protein powder, gf oreos, chia seeds, banana chips, prunes, bars, nutz, dried peas, dried spinach, raisins, granola #1, granola #2, dried split pea soup (alternates with dried refried beans and dried curried lentil soup), more bars, … Continue reading anatomy of a resupply box
wherein the convoluted tornado of chaos resolves itself into something resembling a shape
I've been carrying around this wild tornado of space-time all hacked up into bits, organized on to-do lists but not existing, yet, the future a mighty weight dependent on my own minute-by-minute choices and the organizational capabilities of my own damn brain. Now the future has a shape, it fills out space-time in a voluminous … Continue reading wherein the convoluted tornado of chaos resolves itself into something resembling a shape
I have a piece on the Gossamer Gear blog that I’m kind of proud of
Should trekking poles count as part of you base weight? A fascinating subject that absolutely no-one cares about Also! Here is another trail journal I really like! Rob's blog In other news- planning planning planning, freaking out. The galaxy shorts came in the mail and they are awesome. It was hot today and I ate … Continue reading I have a piece on the Gossamer Gear blog that I’m kind of proud of
procrastination/anticipation
Anxiety on top of anxiety. I fly south to San Diego from Portland in three weeks, and all of my irrational fears about the trail (something is going to go horribly wrong, the trail is going to turn into a wall of fire, western civilization is going to collapse into a police state RIGHT when … Continue reading procrastination/anticipation
PCT 2014 Gear list
If you got a lot of gear I feel bad for you son, I got 99 problems but my pack ain't onePack- varies24Shelter- Zpacks Hexamid Solo with optional door and 8 titanium stakes12Sleeping bag- Zpacks 10 degree sleeping bag, long21Sleeping bag stuff sack2Poly-cro ground sheet 1.5Neo-air x-lite size small91/8 inch foam sleeping pad2 small piece of tyvek 2 Samsung S3 … Continue reading PCT 2014 Gear list
sooo tired and an ode to the small dog
I worked today and took Kinnikinnick to the vet. I thought that she was dying and was kind of freaking out about it; she wasn't eating and she was vomiting bloody vile and there was blood in her poop. It totally took me back to the time she ate rat poison and the vet didn't … Continue reading sooo tired and an ode to the small dog
happy everything
The PCTA interviewed me for their blog! I've never been interviewed before so I was very long-winded b/c I was excited. The PCTA website is beautiful! and you should hang out there all the time. They have a great aggregator of trail journals- there are SO MANY trail journals you could start to read. Young … Continue reading happy everything
Bread, sun, the possibility of our infinite smallness
Yesterday the sun was bright and warm and reminded me of summertime, of green things and humidity, of dust and the heat rising off the ground and I thought I've got to get out, I've got to run to the hills, everything is coming alive and I've got to get away from all of this … Continue reading Bread, sun, the possibility of our infinite smallness
today
Sitting in my warm little trailer, dog sleeping in a donut on the bed, evening cooling outside sun sunk over the manzanita hills, frost creeping up from the valleys, sky clear and black. Just ate sweet potatoes, brussel sprouts (non-organic), pork sausage from a company of questionable ethics. Before that went running, up into the … Continue reading today
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