Wandering the Earth

...one tiny step at a time

Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) Section Hikes 2024 – Walker Pass to Mt Whitney to Kearsarge Pass (and beyond?)

When at first you don’t succeed, try try again… Having learned from my failures to hike more than a single…

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 2024 Section H Day 12 – One giant leap over a river

Goal for the day: Muir Trail Ranch! It was cold. Very cold. I didn’t expect it to be colder than…

PCT 2024 Section H Day 11 – Down is easy… right?

Goal for the day: McClure Meadows Right after completing the John Muir Trail Southbound from Yosemite to Mt Whitney, I…

PCT 2024 Section H Day 10 – Clouds, why did it have to be clouds?

Goal for the day: Muir Pass Sadly, there wasn’t much of a view from my campsite near Bishop Pass Trail…

PCT 2024 Section H Day 9 – Half way to Muir Pass… Half way to Heaven

Goal for the day: Half way towards Muir Pass I didn’t even have to wait for Sunrise to enjoy the…

PCT 2024 Section H Day 8 – Heaven is a campsite along a cold Sierra Lake

Goal for the day: Get over Mather Pass and to Palisade Lakes The almost-full Moon gave me some light through…

PCT 2024 Section H Day 7 – What is French for climbing an impossible wall?

Goal for the day: Climb over Pinchot Pass Before Sunrise, comes the Moonset… I was glad that my campsite turned…

PCT 2024 Section H Day 6 – Crack! Broken pieces everywhere

Goal for the day: Somewhere beyond Woods Creek Trail Junction Normally, my best picture of stars on the trail are…

PCT 2024 Section H Day 5 – Rae Lakes or Bust!

Goal for the day: Rae Lakes or beyond During planning and at various stages of hiking the PCT in July,…

PCT 2024 Section H Day 4 – Am I freaking nuts?

Goal for the day: Restart from Onion Valley to get back on the PCT heading North. It took me two…

PCT 2024 Section H Day 3 – Onion Valley crawl

Goal for the day: Exit from Onion Valley for some rest and… I woke up with a firm decision on…

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