The Aquanaut

Boots or Shoes?

Ever wonder why the first thing you want to do after a day of hiking is drop your pack and take off your boots?...........It's your... Read More
Resupply Strategies

A big concern and a question often asked is how does one get food and water along the way. It's an easy question to answer... Read More
Gear Room

As you can imagine thru-hiking the PCT requires some special gear. Most of it is very similar to the typical hiking and camping gear but... Read More
Trail Food

Food Food Food.....it seams so simple yet can be so involved. Thru-hiking a trail, hiking 20-30 miles per day will use up a lot of... Read More

August 27, 2015

Washingtion…..almost

Last Friday after hiking a shit ton more miles including one 50 mile day (which more or less kicked my ass) I made it to a town called Cascade Locks on the Oregon/Washington boarder. It was a good thing I got to town when I did because there was a voice message waiting for me... Read More

August 15, 2015

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Smashing the miles

It's been almost two weeks since I crossed into Oregon and I'm already over halfway through with only 163 miles untill I hit Washington. Since Ashland I've been hiking on and off through a lot... Read More

August 4, 2015

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Good god I’m in Oregon!

I knew California was long but boy did it just never seem to end. I did some serious miles the past week (37.5 yesterday) and now I'm finally in a different state and it feels... Read More

August 1, 2015

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Almost out of Cali

Soon very soon I'll be out of California and actually in another state. I'm in a teeny tiny town named Seiad Valley once the post office opens at noon I'll be on my way to... Read More