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Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) Section Hikes 2023

2023 was a strange year. The huge winter snowfall in the Sierra Nevada Mountains made planning treks in the mountains…

Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) Section Hikes 2022 – Tuolumne Meadows to Donner Pass (updated)

Update: Additional PCT hikes added (days 10-19 and 20-23) as well as additional movies from those days. Next weekend I’m…

List of my 14er and Higher Conquests

List of the 14er (summits over 14,000 feet) and higher summits I’ve climbed (listed in chronological order): Mt Whitney –…

Colorado 2021

This summer’s big trek was supposed to be through the Japan Alps and maybe a third climb up Mt Fuji….

JMT 2020 Trek Day by Day

Master post with links to trek reports and Flickr albums for each day of my John Muir Trail trek in…

Tanzania 2019 Reports

All of my Tanzania 2019 Reports in one place.

PCT Section I September 2023 – Hetch Hetchy

Goal for the day: Hetch Hetchy Dam Without a direct view of the sunrise I had breakfast, packed my gear,…

PCT Section I September 2023 – Tiltill Valley

Goal for the day: South Tilden Lake trail junction (again) I didn’t hang around my camp long in the morning….

PCT Section I September 2023 – Dorothy Lake and Grace Meadow

Goal for the day: South Tilden Lake Trail junction After a nice night at Lake Harriet, I got up and…

PCT Section I September 2023 – Kennedy Canyon

Goal for the day: Dorothy Lake Pass Fortunately, the wind had died down overnight and the skies were clear for…

PCT Section I September 2023 – Sonora Pass (again)

Goal for the day: Anywhere along the ridge After my success in finishing PCT section K over Labor Day weekend,…

PCT Section K Hike September 2023 – Donner Pass

Goal for the Day: Donner Summit at I-80 to finish PCT Section K After a night’s rest in a real…

PCT Section K Hike September 2023 – Tinker Knob

Goal for the day: Donner Pass and Summit The skies were very clear overnight, so I had a good chance…

PCT Section K Hike September 2023 – Granite Chief

Goal for the Day: Somewhere near Tinker Knob (again) I awoke to overcast skies and worried that the day would…

PCT Section K Hike September 2023 – Five Lakes

Goal for the day: Somewhere near Tinker Knob I awoke and was a little surprised that the bad weather that…

PCT Section K Hike September 2023 – Barker Pass

I’m a glutton for punishment… After 3 failed treks in August, I was ready to give up hiking and become…

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