PCT

[caption id="attachment_9532" align="alignnone" width="650"] This Way, picking up a pair of Black Diamond Trekking Poles at Granite Chief.[/caption] This Way - More than a direction "This way, this way", a hiker up the trail called out.  The young dentist from Korea adjusted his direction, gave a blushing smile, and thanked the other hiker.  "That would not have been a good start...

[caption id="attachment_9385" align="alignright" width="523"] Thru-hiking the PCT - hiker Hamlet restocks at Granite Chief, in Truckee, CA.[/caption] Planning, Determination, and Good Will For those who go the route of thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, neither wind, nor rain, or in our case this summer, a deep defrosting snow pack, will stop the determined hiker. Hamlet, his trail name, stopped into Granite...

Pacific Crest Trail Thru Hikers - 'tis the season for those who started on the southern tip of the iconic trail, to be making their way into Tahoe / Truckee. [caption id="attachment_9355" align="alignleft" width="700"] Pacific Crest Trail Thru Hiker Saunter stops into Granite Chief Ski and Mtn Shop for a map check and conversation.[/caption] One such hiker, "Saunter", stopped...