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I'm camped by myself tonight with one of the most spectacular views of the sunset I've seen so far. And I've spent the last ten minutes curled up in...

*Reader's Note: in today's blog post I'm going to describe some aspects of physical issues I'm experiencing that are impacting my hike. If you are...

I awoke early this morning to the faint glow of predawn coloring the horizon through the trees. We were on the trail by 6:30 am and hiked to the top...

I awoke early this morning, determined to catch up to Monarch. She has a package waiting for her at the Post Office in Sierra City and wants to get...

Today was an exhausting day. The climb out of Belden going southbound is BRUTAL. I ascended a total of 5757 feet today which may be a record me. The...

I was on a mission to reach Belden today! I had a resupply package waiting for me at the Braaten's, a local Trail Angel, and I wasn't sure on the...

I slept better last night and woke up feeling refreshed this morning. Steaks of pink and yellow streaked the sky towards Mt Lassen just prior to the...

I woke up groggy today due to our late evening with the trail angels. Also I couldn't find my earplugs last night and I kept hearing rustling noises...

In the morning I awoke to a hotel room all to myself and sighed with happiness. I worked on my blog for a couple of hours and then went to Cravings...

When I awoke this morning, I decided to hike into Chester and get a hotel room. Our group planned to hike most of the way to town and camp on the...