I finally got around to calculating how much I spent on my thruhike of the PCT this year. It came out to a total of $5,092 (that’s in USD, as are all the dollar amounts in this post), and I wanted to do a write-up …
My PCT thruhike this summer ended in a whirlwind. I touched the monument in the pre-dawn darkness feeling a confusing mix of relief and apprehension, took some photos like I had daydreamed about for the previous three months, and then immediately made the exhausting journey …
As I was hiking the PCT this year, I had the pleasure of writing about, and sharing with you folks, my day-to-day experience as I went along. What I didn’t do was take the time to seriously reflect on any ideas I had about the …
While hiking the Annapurna Circuit, I learned a thing or two about how to get the most out of my experience with the trail and surrounding area. Not only that, but because this route has become so commercialized and popular with first-time backpackers, I witnessed …
Packing for the Annapurna Circuit is a unique and exciting challenge. Relative to the trail’s 220 kilometre distance, the variety of terrain and weather along its length is incredibly varied. In peak season, hikers will start and finish sweating it out in 30 degrees Celsius …
The first day was a long, hot, and bumpy but uneventful bus ride; the actual walking began the following day. We caught a small “micro-bus” from Kathmandua to Besisahar where we picked up out permits, and then caught a bus to Ngadi where we stayed in our first hotel.