It started as a seed of an idea: To section hike the Pacific Crest Trail. Then Marna joined me in this somewhat ambitious notion and the rest is history, herstory, ourstory. The Pacific Crest Trail runs from the border of Mexico to the border of Canada, totaling 2,650 miles of some of the most diverse terrain in North America. Traveling through California, Oregon and Washington, the trail passes through six out of seven of North America's ecozones including high and low desert valleys, old-growth forest, arctic-alpine country, and rain forests. It boasts the greatest elevation changes of any of America's National Scenic Trails.
I'm not sure why we decided to hike the trail south. A majority of thru hikers (people who attempt to hike the whole trail in one year) and section hikers, choose to hike north from the southern terminus. This, we've concluded, has probably a lot to do with the fact that every worthwhile guide book on the PCT is based on traveling north to south. We found it to be a real pain in the perineum to try to follow these books going "backwards". We seem to be something of a novelty. Our friend Scott Herriott (trail name "Squatch") has been documenting the trail and it's culture for going on three years now - www.walkpct.com/ - and we're the only southbound section hikers he knows of.
As you might expect, the experience has had its ups and downs and stories in between, with no regrets. I've tried to keep the photos in chronological order to the best of my memory. So, on with the show...
2005
2006
