Wandering the Earth

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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 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…

PCT 2024 Section H Day 2 – The dreaded Forester Pass

Goal for the day: Forester Pass and beyond I awoke to scattered clouds, but did get to see some blue…

PCT 2024 Section H Day 1 – Wait, there’s more?

Goal for the day: Tyndall Creek or beyond After a great night’s sleep, I awoke and enjoyed the morning light…

PCT 2024 Mt Whitney- Inch by inch

Goal for the day: The Summit of Mt Whitney – 14.505 feet – Highest point in the lower 48 states…

PCT 2024 Section G Day 15 – G is for…

Goal for the day: End of PCT Section G In the morning, the puddles of water were dried up, so…

PCT 2024 Section G Day 14 – Rock Creek Rock Hop

Goal for the day: Rock Creek or beyond The skies were crystal clear when I woke up and I enjoyed…

PCT 2024 Section G Day 13 – Why did Chicken Little cross the mountain pass?

Goal for the day: Little Chicken Spring Lake or beyond My ride up to Horseshoe Meadows wasn’t until 8 am,…

PCT 2024 Section G Zero Day – Lone Pine

Goal for the day: Fix my boot and make sure my chest pain wasn’t going to end my trek (or…

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