Here you will find all of the posts from my PCT thru-hike of 2014, in order, for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!

My PCT 2014 Gear List
My 2014 post-trail gear review

Part one: THE DESERT

Day 1: Campo to Lake Morena
Day 2: Just Like Washington in September aka Thank God I Brought Warm Layers This Time
Day 3: Me Duele La Pierna
Day 4: Wherein the Desert Becomes Desert-Like Again
Day 5: Sun, Sand and Stabby Plants
Day 6: Would You Rather
Day 7: It is Ideal to be Idle in Idyllwild
Day 8: Magical Pine Forests and Long, Long Descents
Day 9: The Closest I’ve Ever Come to a Helicopter Ride
Day 10: Draggin Ass in the Heat
Day 11: Big Bearrrr
Day 12: Zero Never Felt So Good
Day 13: A One Ounce Tent and Three Lighters
Day 14: The Swimming Hole of Our Dreams
Day 15: The Backs of Dragons
Day 16: Turning the Wheel of Life
Day 17: Baden Powell Day
Day 18: Poodle-Dog Bush Day
Day 19: Much Desert, So Zombie
Day 20: Zero in Hiker Heaven
Day 21: Finding My Heat Edge
Day 22: Los Angeles Aquaduct Death March
Day 23: Out of the Windmills and Into Tehachapi
Day 24: Hiking Like a Boss and Crying Like a Four-Year-Old
Day 25: A Short Day and the Flayed Toe Challenge
Day 26: Walker Pass and a Storm Rollin’ in
Day 27: Sudden Storms and a Hypothermia Situation
Day 28: Oh Happy Day

Part two: THE SIERRAS

Day 29: A Zero in Kennedy Meadows
Day 30: The Promised Land
Day 31: One Month In, Feeling Fucking Fantastic
Day 32: Party On the Tilt-A-Whirl
Day 33: Mt. Whitney Day!
Day 34: Postholing to Transcendence
Day 35: Rest Day Fail
Day 36: Glen Pass is Fucking Sketch and the Trail is Covered in Snow
Day 37: Pinchot While Panicking, Mather in the Dark
Day 38: Muir Hut Day
Day 39: A Long Beautiful Day to a Cold lake
Day 40: Molasses Where My Blood Should Be
Day 41: Mammoth Lakes of Awesome
Day 42: Eating Until I Can’t Anymore: A Zero in Mammoth Lakes
Day 43: The Nature of Existence
Day 44: Toulumne Meadows
Day 45: Hiking Out of Yosemite Valley on the JMT
Day 46: The Fun Goes Up When the Miles Go Down
Day 47: Happy, Arduous Miles in the Land of Amazing Magic
Day 48: Sonora Pass of Wonder

Part three: NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

Day 49: Leaving Bridgeport
Day 50: Full Moon/Friday the 13th/40 Miles
Day 51: Tahoe on the Dregs of Fumes
Day 52: Too Much Sugar, Not Enough Sleep
Day 53: Cold Forest is Cold
Day 54: Hailstorms and Sleeping in the Gym
Day 55: Warmth at Last, and Trail Magic Lasagna!
Day 56: Sierra City!
Day 57: Doing Nothing in Sierra City for a Whole Goddam Day
Day 58: Hike Naked Until You’re Sunburnt Day
Day 59: Heat, Dust, Chafe, Ridgewalking
Day 60: Dreaming a Dream in Bucks Lake
Day 61: Just Day Hiking Between Trail Angels aka We Are So Spoiled
Day 62: Weary Climbs and a Storm’s a-Brewin’
Day 63: Resisting the Temptation of Free Pizza and 35 Miles to Victory
Day 64: Cruising Into Old Station
Day 65: Hat Creek Rim of Beauty
Day 66: I Kind of Forgot How to Hike in the Heat
Day 67: Stumbling Through the Forest in a Heat Wave
Day 68: The Lush Green Forest is Trying to Cook Us
Day 69: Town at Last
Day 70: Shitting My Brains Out: A Zero in Mt. Shasta
Day 71: Sick as a Dog, Campy 4th of July Parades and the Hippy Party Bus
Day 72: Castle Crags of Enchanted Magic
Day 73: Giardia Schmiardia, I Feel Strong!
Day 74: Wading Through Hot Ramen and Watching a Bear
Day 75: A Successful In & Out in Etna, the Town With More Deer Than People
Day 76: Cowbells, Butterflies and a Steam Room Full of Flowers
Day 77: Fording the Klamath River on my Neo-Air
Day 78: The Thunder Rolls

Part four: OREGON

Day 79: Ashland = Heaven
Day 80 & 81: Trying To Take Care of Business When It’s Too Hot To Think: A Double Zero in Ashland
Day 82: Smoke, Poison Oak, Oregon!
Day 83: Southern Oregon Blues
Day 84: Mosquito Hell is Here at Last
Day 85: Crater Lake Day
Day 86: Oregon Will Be Over Before We Know It
Day 87: Plodding Through the Dust to Shelter Cove
Day 88: Praying for Rain
Day 89: The Sky is a Tempest/Three Sisters Wilderness
Day 90: Hypothermia in Oregon in July, and Other Exciting Things That Can Happen on the PCT
Day 91: Fire Closure Realness: A Zero in Sisters
Day 92: Fail/Win/Fail
Day 93: Solitary Solitude in Mt. Jefferson Wilderness
Day 94: Night-Hiking to Timberline Lodge, and Other Things That I Do Every Year
Day 95: Epiphytes Epiphytes Epiphytes!

Part five: WASHINGTON

Day 96: Nero in White Salmon aka Fanciest Nero Ever
Day 97: Magical Enchanted Rainforest Night-Hiking
Day 98: Jewel-Colored Lakes, Humid Climbs, and Other Wonders of Washington in July
Day 99: Trout Lake and UFO’s Over Mt. Adams
Day 100: Mt. Adams Wilderness… of Black Flies and Mosquitoes
Day 101: Goat Rocks Day
Day 102: White Pass
Day 103: The North Cascades are Beautiful/Morale is High Again
Day 104: Sometimes You Break Your Face
Day 105: Snoqualmie Pass Trail Magic of Wonder
Day 106: A Mountain Goat and Scott Williamson!
Day 107: Full Moon/Long Climbs/Big Miles
Day 108: Smoky/Hot/Stevens Pass/Egg!
Day 109: Everything Is On Fire
Day 110: Beautiful, Arduous Miles in Glacier Peak Wilderness
Day 111: What is the Lesson Here
Day 112: Plodding Through the Rain to Paradise
Day 113: Freakin’ Stehekin: A Zero in the Promised Land
Day 114: Pie, Climbing, Cutthroat Pass
Day 115: These Last Few Days Are So Sweet
Day 116: Something Like Absolution