All of us slept poorly on the super slanted piece of campground we’d squeezed in to cowboy-camp for the night. I kept sliding downhill and at some point I found myself completely off my sleeping pad, as it had moved Read More …

Just before falling asleep we were startled a bit by a bunch of deer, hanging around only a couple of feet from our camp-spot. Photo-op, who was cowboy-camping right next to me, and I shined our headlamps at them, which Read More …

Aaargh, brutal day. This morning the lethargic, woozy and overall feeling of tiredness had not disappeared. The day had barely started and I was already dreading hiking out. Unfortunately under the general (and sometimes relentless) thru-hiking theme: ‘fall behind, left Read More …

Properly wrecked from last two days, I fell asleep instantly last night and woke a little before my alarm rang. I peeked outside of my tent to find that I was the only one awake. First thing on my chore-list Read More …

Twenty-seven miles and some change to make it into Etna today. I knew I had to get up earlier than the past couple of days, because I wanted to make it to the highway before sundown to increase my chances Read More …