SHR Day 13 – 9.3 Miles, 3,377 ft ascent Last night everything got wet from condensation. Our tent was soaked, our sleeping bags were damp, and even the tops of the bear canisters were sopping when I went to collect…
SHR Day 10 – 10.8 miles, 3,758 feet ascent We camped overnight in the Reds Meadow Campground’s backpacker site with lots of PCT and JMT hikers. Tim woke me up early and convinced me to head straight to the hot…
SHR Day 7 – 13.1 Miles, 2,555 ft ascent Our stats from today make it look like we took it easy… we did not. Last night we slept well at 11,000 feet under bright stars and the glowing Milky Way.…
SHR Day 4 – 13.8 mi, 3704 ft ascent Today was a great day on trail. We did 4 passes! The first ~6 miles of today we were on the PCT/JMT, and we went over Mather Pass. We had tons…
We’re off on the Sierra High Route! It will take us about 200 miles from South to North across the Sierra Nevada Mountains. It’s called a “Route” instead of a trail because it’s not a trail at all. There’s a…
We can’t pinpoint why, but a statement we stand behind is that that we have never had a store-bought backpacking meal that tastes as good as the ones we make ourselves. We just developed a new taco recipe that proves…
We walked across Los Angeles. It was 37 miles and took an entire day. We pulled out a map and traced a route that would take us through as much of the city as possible. We started in the San…
Day 3 – 20.6 miles, 1,500 feet of elevation gain, 62 river crossings What an awesome day! We finally made it to the Gila River this morning! We started walking at 7:30am and everything was frozen. When we got to…
In 2021 we walked from Mexico to Canada on the Continental Divide Trail (CDT) . The CDT has a lot of alternate routes and shortcuts, but we to stuck to the official trail the entire time (other than when the…
We started the 12K’s of Christmas tradition in 2020 when we lived in Germany, 4,000 miles (6,500 km) away from our families, and realized that a virtual 12K would be a great way to stay connected! That first year, five people participated…
