My heroine is 81-year old Mary Davison who called herself “The Old Lady on the Trail.”
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PCT
The Pacific Crest Scenic Trail is the premier long-distance continuous hiking path in the world with most of its 2658 miles passing through wilderness.
peeps of the PCT: John, general store owner
The owner of Laguna Mountain Lodge & Store gives us good rules to live by: lighten up and be nice.
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peeps of the PCT: Benita, Idyllwild Innkeeper
Historic Silver Pines Lodge has seen its share of “Hiker Trash,” but the innkeeper says it’s enriching.
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peeps of the PCT: Bob, Hiker Town
It’s a long 18-mile stretch in desert to Hiker Town, one of the oddest places I slept along the PCT.
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peeps of the PCT: Casey, Sonora Pass Resupply
Casey Cox started his company after waiting, cold and hungry, his thumb out for a ride that never came.
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peeps of the PCT: Joshua, fire manager
I met Joshua on Flat Iron Ridge in Lassen National Park building a fire break with hand tools.
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peeps of the PCT: Heart Fire, tent maker
The need for a lighter tent that wasn’t a “coffin” led Judy Gross to design and make her own.
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GUEST POST: On Hiking Slowly by Myra “Wonder” Kincaid
The benefit of pacing a long distance thru-hike more slowly is to be able to increase bliss.
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peeps of the PCT: ‘flippers’
It takes courage to change directions mid-stream.
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peeps of the PCT: Milk Jug
He was the youngest solo thru-hiker on the PCT, but still couldn’t finish the pancakes.
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