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…
Does a thruhike have to be in the wilderness? We “thruhiked” San Francisco! It was an experiment: is it possible to recreate the thruhike experience, but in one day in an urban setting? This was completely different from our usual…
Three turnarounds in just over a year. Is that something to be proud of or embarrassed by? Tim here. This past weekend I flew to Washington State for a challenging snowshoe trip in the Mt. Baker wilderness with my brother,…
We recently realized that we’ve never been to, or even heard people talking about, the northeastern portion of California. Looking at a map of the state we realized that we’ve been almost everywhere else — we live near San Francisco,…
In our latest recipe face-off, Renee’s Savory Grits destroyed Tim’s Strawberry Banana Rice Pudding, but that’s only because the grits were just sooo good. Rice pudding was an outstanding recipe on it’s own, especially for folks who like to keep…
100 miles into our first long thruhike, the Pacific Crest Trail, it was hot. We hiked into Warner Springs, the first town the trail goes through, and hikers were congregating in the town community center to briefly enjoy some air…
I set the Unsupported Fastest Known Time on the Ozark Trail! After 1 hour of napping in the rain, I started walking at 3:45 am this morning. In my sleep-deprived state I miscalculated and thought I had just 10 hours…
I am one of those runners who tends to take races out to fast and then get slower as the race progresses — “negative splits” are really hard for me to achieve. I hoped it would be different on a…
I got rained on overnight. It wasn’t raining that hard, but it was raining and I woke up with a wet sleeping bag. I never let my sleeping bag get wet on a normal trip, but two factors make me…
