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Continue reading →: Protected: Day 93: Aliens Blowing Up the White HouseThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Continue reading →: Day 92: A Minimalist LifestyleBeing on the trail and having to carry all of my things has really changed my idea of simplicity. Even letting go of things throughout my time on the trail has been difficult, but has felt rewarding. I don’t need these things. I don’t need to buy things that I…
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Continue reading →: Protected: Day 91: Walker, CaliforniaThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Continue reading →: Protected: Day 90: An Unusual Bus DeliveryThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Continue reading →: Day 89: The TV at the West Walker MotelPart of me wants to hike the whole PCT, start to finish, but part of me is excited about my new life. I’ve been really going back and forth about continuing on the trail, or maybe skipping parts and going up to Oregon somewhere and continuing North. My friend Lava…
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Continue reading →: Protected: Day 88: Sleeping Under a TreeThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Continue reading →: Protected: Day 87: Vomit Burps & a Failed River CrossingThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Continue reading →: Protected: Day 86: The Truth Behind YouTube VlogsThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Continue reading →: Protected: Day 85: An Extremely Small WorldThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Continue reading →: Protected: Day 84: First Bear Sighting And It’s Not Even On TrailThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Continue reading →: Protected: Day 83: I’m Sorry I’m An AssholeThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Continue reading →: Day 82: A Canadian Visa – PricelessI can see the clouds across the valley dumping snow over the mountains. I love this temperature. It’s windy too which makes it even colder. I’ve heard so many people curse the wind at various points along the PCT, but I’ve always been thankful for it because it’s always kept…
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Continue reading →: Day 81: Go Slow to Go FastI once asked Paul if he had ever heard the phrase go slow to go fast and he said no. And what it means is sometimes you have to slow down in order to actually go fast. And for me, when I rush through and I try to push myself…
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Continue reading →: Day 80: Paragraph Long Satellite MessagesI didn’t see anyone most of the day until about 2pm. Up until then, I was completely alone. I’ve had the ringing in my ears and have been hearing strange things around water, and I would have expected to see more people today. Has everyone on earth disappeared? Am I…
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Continue reading →: Day 79: Resupply Mid SierraOne of the JMT hikers asked about the passes and the conditions. As I went through my experiences on the passes, I started listening to myself as if I were someone else speaking. Holy crap. What a badass. One of the people working at the ranch asked me if I…
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Continue reading →: Day 78: Falling Through Ice into RiversI started slipping on some icy sand covering a boulder and I started going down head first straight into another boulder. I was so far from the trail, from anyone, and I was completely alone. My only thought as I started falling was “I hope they find my body”. This…
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Continue reading →: Day 77: Hearing Things in the WildernessI got up and started hiking towards Mather pass, the scariest of all the passes. It’s a giant wall of rock that requires scrambling up the side on loose rocks to avoid snow covering the switchbacks. Then on the way down was similar to Glen Pass – walking across the…
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Continue reading →: Day 76: Crying Over a Blue Jolly RancherI sat by a river thinking about all of these things when another hiker passed by. I said hello, he said hello, and he kept walking, disappearing behind a collection of trees. He returned without his backpack and handed me a blue Jolly Rancher. “The best flavor”, he said. I…
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Continue reading →: Day 75: Glen PassAt the bottom of the pass, I took a moment to calm down because my adrenaline was sure pumping by then. WHAT THE HELL DID I JUST HIKE DOWN?! Looking back up at the face, I couldn’t really believe that I had been on top of the ascent, let alone…
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Continue reading →: Day 74: Mansplaining Snow TraversesI camped in a pretty remote spot by a lake that had icebergs in it covered in snow. This is the first spot that I camped on the PCT alone that felt really remote and a little scary. I’m not sure what it was exactly about that exact spot, but…
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Continue reading →: Day 73: Left Behind at Kearsarge PassPer my Garmin watch, my body battery has been bottoming out pretty much every single day and hasn’t fully recharged in over a month. My stress levels are extremely high. I’m exhausted. I felt a level of fatigue today that I haven’t felt since I was really ill and lived…
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Continue reading →: Protected: Day 72: Emotional LaborThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Continue reading →: Protected: Day 71: Helpful X-Rays and Steroid InjectionsThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Continue reading →: Protected: Day 70: Yosemite SnowmanThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Continue reading →: Protected: Day 69: Unhelpful X-RaysThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Hello,
I’m Amelia
I am a PCT thru hiker now attempting to bike the 3,000+ mile Great Divide Mountain Bike Route from Jasper, Alberta to the border of Mexico. Join me as I prepare for my adventures and find humor in the challenges of dealing with hypermoibility and dysautonomia!
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