The Pacific Crest Trail

I believe that life was created to live, not just to get by, or make money, or be complacent or comfortable. We, as human beings were made to push ourselves - so that is exactly what I am doing. Again.

My awesome, attractive, goofy, firefighter/wilderness God of a boyfriend has inspired me to take on the challenge of the Pacific Crest Trail. For those of you who have never heard of the PCT, it is a fantastically challenging trip of a lifetime in which Mark and I will hike over 2,660 miles stretching from the California-Mexico border to Manning Park (across the border into Canada).

The trip is sectioned off into about 5 months worth of hiking, and is the longest established trail in the world. During those months, the climate, terrain, and will power will vary from scorching hot to blisteringly cold, wet, and icy. We try to keep things interesting.

And so, I embark on a crazy journey (again) and leave my job and comfort behind (again) to explore yet another part of the world we live in. I am very excited, and am looking forward to sharing will all of you the ups and downs of my trip! Hopefully, a little bit more thoroughly than last time.

SOME IMPORTANT NEW INFORMATION:

Since my boyfriend and I are doing a couples hike, we are creating a couples blog called Hiker Trash at its Finest.

• It can be conveniently found at hikertrashatitsfinest.blogspot.com
• The new blog will be geared towards a more technical description of how hiking the PCT works.
• I still plan on writing here, but most of my posts will be on the hiker trash blog.
• Also, Mark will be a co-author on the new blog, so you'll get a different perspective than you do here! After all, life is nothing but the perspective that you're looking at it with.

And with that, I leave now to begin this crazy adventure. I appreciate your patience with this blog and Hiker Trash, and am looking forward to sharing everything!

Questions? Comments? Concerns? Ask away.

-A

Adventure Never Sleeps

To start, I greatly apologize to all my readers who thought that I was raped and killed in Europe because I stopped posting. My incredibly lame excuse for that is that I fell ill after too many beers and too much fun, ending up in the hospital in Amsterdam. No serious problems (thanks for caring), but that combined with lack of decent internet was too much for me.

On a brighter, more interesting note, I will give you a 3 second run down on what has happened of the last few months:

(Extremely Brief) Europe Overview:

• 11 different countries 
• Met some amazing people along the way (as was expected)
• Favorite country: Portugal
• Favorite city: Amsterdam (no, I did not smoke or hire a talented female escort - even though that is what you are supposed to do)
• Questions? Ask away. I'm too distracted at the moment to add anything else.
• Oh, highly recommend to anyone - I felt completely empowered and self sufficient
• NO, I received no donations or funding from anyone but myself - yay self-sufficiency!

Life Overview: (main points only)

• Am lucky enough to have found an amazing boyfriend, Mark
• Quit my management position at Beanscene
• Decided spontaneously to hike the Pacific Crest Trail

And with that said, I would like to introduce my newest and greatest adventure yet: The Pacific Crest Trail. I have renewed enthusiasm for blogging and have a boyfriend to push me when I need a little extra umph.

Stay tuned!

-A