It was almost dark again, we'd spent the whole day just getting to the trail. In a way, walking was walking, but walking next to speeding cars had ...
Leadore to Lima
There were no trees, just thousand-foot waves of sage. Actually, there were a few trees, isolated in little clumps, little stationary villages, but ...
Salmon to Leadore
I had a heavy pack and I loved it - 6 more days of romping through the mountains. The trail felt different, we were walking along the border of ...
Butte to Salmon
We were on the highway again, working our magic with thumbs and cars. About 20 minutes in, a van stopped up ahead. As we ran up, the man got out to ...
Lincoln to Butte
Our first ride, in the back of a pickup, took us 5 miles down the road. The next one, on the flat bed of a flatbed, took us 4. We started walking, ...
East Glacier to Lincoln
We still had to hike through more of Glacier National Park, but it was the southeast corner, nobody hiked there. There was a trail, the park service ...
Border to East Glacier
I made a final decision to hike the CDT about 4 months before I started walking. Two friends I'd met on the PCT were already planning the same trip, ...
Preface
The first day I started hiking the Pacific Crest Trail in 1999, someone told me that the trail had ruined them. At the time, I thought it was a cute ...