Hike with LL

The bloom beautifully clashed against the burn in this North Bay state park.

No, I didn't carry any Band-aids.

... and why gear doesn't really matter at all.

Because, let's be real. Staring at trees for weeks on end can get a bit boring. 

Honestly, it was probably more than three times, but here are the real doozies.

Hiker hunger: the never-fully-satiated feeling of an empty stomach that occurs when you can’t keep up with the 4,000+ calories you burn each day on trail.

Here’s how my relationship with showers changed after getting off the PCT.

I owned no backpacking gear prior to starting my PCT hike in 2017. Here's my best estimate for how much I spent on and off trail.

Click here if you really dig bar graphs.

If you're wondering, that's 0.058 things learned per mile.