The Grad 2014.06.05 Latergram, Pacific Crest Trail Whoa! I got the the Anderson’s and found The Grad wearing the Hawaiian I hiked hundreds of miles in last year. It’s signed by a bunch of PCT 2013 hikers. The signatures I had collected are faded but mostly still there. So cool. Read more
Shoe Recycling 2014.06.01 Latergram, Pacific Crest Trail My purple New Balance Leadvilles join the other shoes left in the hiker boxes at the Saufleys in Agua Dulce. These are the shoes that marched me into Canada last October. Bye bye cool shoes. Shoes that are not taken for use by PCT hikers are donated to charity in Los Angeles. Read more
2014.05.30 Latergram Hall of Horrors, Joshua Tree. I found it by accident, and stumbled through it with this guy. Read more
Ziggy & The Bear 2014.05.22 Latergram, Pacific Crest Trail I went to leave Ziggy and The Bear’s today but my transmission has a huge leak. So goodby wasn’t really goodbye. Yay! I love these two. They love and understand hikers and devote most each year to caring for them in Whitewater, CA. If you support a hiker, support a trail angel. (This is a very rare photo of the two. Ziggy HATES her photo being taken.) Read more
Paint Yer Wagon 2014.05.12 Latergram, Pacific Crest Trail Hiker trash fashion in full swing at Ziggy and The Bear’s. Hippie (left) in her slip dress and inveterate house cleaner and helper Paint Your Wagon (right) in… something. He zeroed here a week, and just came out of the shower with this sexy Santa’s helper look. Read more
Fig Jam 2014.05.09 Latergram, Pacific Crest Trail A strangely “quiet” moment at Ziggy and The Bear’s. Hiker Fig Jam plays and sings old time banjo for others soaking their weary feet. Read more
Natalia 2014.05.08 Latergram, Pacific Crest Trail Hiker Natalia is just about as spunky as ever, despite a tumble on trail and a strong narcotic. Today Doug and I did a little rescue op near mile 207 and brought her to the Banning, CA urgent care. A lot of you might recognize her from kickoff. You know, with the “sexy” homemade quilt… After her fall, Natalia was adamant that nobody should use hiking poles. “They’re dangerous.” Read more
Matt’s Pack 2014.05.07 Latergram, Pacific Crest Trail 170 miles later, I help Matt with his pack again. He’s from the Lake District in the UK, and is making the best of what he arrived with, including this uncomfortable pack with a bottomed-out hip belt. He’s lost weight and the belt slides down, putting the pack weight on his shoulders. Like my flip flop ingenuity?! Haha, just trying to get this fella to Canada. Read more
2014.05.05 Latergram, Pacific Crest Trail All that remains of the 90 year-old Al Bahr Shrine Camp, a former asset to hikers near mile 47 of the PCT, and a major asset to the community of Mt. Laguna. When it burned they lost over 100 members of the community (they moved away). Businesses are fighting to stay open, and fans of Al Bahr are fighting to keep the leased property out of the forest service’s hands and rebuild. Learn more: https://www.facebook.com/AlBahrShrineCampRebuilding Read more
Eagle Rock 2014.05.03 Latergram, Pacific Crest Trail Missing these guys BAD. Us goofing off, two weeks ago, just off the Pacific Crest Trail. Read more
Mile 31.2 2014.04.25 Latergram, Pacific Crest Trail The natural and the unnatural. Mile 31.2 of the Pacific Crest Trail, 4155 feet up. Read more
Wrecking Ball 2014.04.22 Latergram, Pacific Crest Trail Hiker Pepperflake doing what he does again, this time on a wrecking ball. Read more
Gold 2014.04.21 Latergram I shit you not, Hot Tub and I just caught a hitch with this guy out of Julian, California. He takes a sudden turn off the highway, offering to give us gold if we come home with him. Ok, why not? What’s the worst that could happen? Sure enough, he takes us home and gives us each gold. Second rad hitch of the day. Read more
Tortilla Joint Latergram Had to share this one with you. Apparently I’m an endless source of amusement for my hiker pals… Read more
Bucky Latergram, Pacific Crest Trail Hiker Bucky (section hiker ’09, ’10) checks out the register at Scissors Crossing. Read more
2014.04.20 Latergram Where I’m at now, mile 85.9 of the PCT. View of Granite Mountain looking South in the San Felipe range. It’s great having a different perspective this time. There’s A LOT of PCT2014 hikers out here, and they’re STOKED even though thirsty and hurting! It’s cool to see. I’ve only done twenty miles and my feet hurt so I can only imagine their pain. 🙂 Read more