Southbound Enby

“But Daaaaaad, you said that Pop Tarts weren’t camp food!” A kid was tugging at their Dad’s sleeve, pointing directly at Argonaut. Argonaut, standing near his tent at 8am, eating Pop Tarts and staring up into the trees, pointedly looked anywhere but at the family who had camped nearby. The Dad, thinking quickly on his Read more

During our zero day in Packwood, we met, by pure happenstance, a marvelous non-binary Forest Service firefighter named Juno. Juno is also from New England originally, is immensely kind, rocks an excellent set of rollerblades and has a green mullet that I can only dream to live up to. They generously invited us to come Read more

Have you ever woken up in a rainstorm, knowing you need to go dig a cat-hole, knowing the only place to go is on a steep downhill slope? If so, when you finally dug the cat-hole and perched yourself perilously on the decline and did your business, did you also accidentally punch your toilet paper Read more

I smell like a meat pie. More specifically, a beef pasty with seasoned aromatics like rosemary and shallots. A real treat, until you realize the smell is emanating from my armpits. Quite the bouquet. Interestingly, although all of us in our hiking party are nauseated by our own smells, none of us can smell each Read more

Boy howdy – I just rolled into a fully committed Bavarian Village themed mountain town after hiking nonstop through marginally maintained wilderness for the past 10 days. My toes are blistered, my body is a galaxy of bruising, I have a cluster of 17 mosquito bites in a 1-inch circle on my left butt cheek, Read more

Day 1: Rainy Pass to Campsite Day 2: Campsite to Six Mile Camp Day 3: Six Mile Camp to Bridge Creek Camp Day 4: Bridge Creek Camp to Stehekin Shuttle The official North Terminus of the Pacific Crest Trail is 30 miles North of Hart’s Pass, a largely inaccessible dirt road crossing at the northern Read more