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A Perfect Ending
Here's Chris to share his rendition of our final day: The last few days on the PCT were bittersweet for Autumn and I as our 5 month long...
Autumn Kruse
Oct 31, 202213 min read
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Washington Part Two!
The second half of our hike through Washington was magical. The landscape was unbelievable, and knowing our adventure would soon be over,...
Autumn Kruse
Oct 6, 20225 min read
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Washington: part one
We’ve never been so excited to start hiking again as we were leaving Cascade Locks. After hastily packing our bags and eating a marvelous...
Autumn Kruse
Sep 22, 20226 min read
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Weeks 16 and 17
Due to a wildfire a couple years ago, there’s a 17 mile section of trail closed just north of Bend. Originally we planned to hike through...
Autumn Kruse
Sep 12, 202216 min read
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Week 15ish!
Here’s our week 15 wrap-up brought to you by Chris! Week 15 began when we left Ashland on July 20th and ended when we hiked into the...
Autumn Kruse
Aug 19, 202210 min read
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Week 14 Wrap-Up!
Week 14 was a week of both celebration and exhaustion. After 98 days, we finally made it out of California and into Oregon, but we worked...
Autumn Kruse
Aug 14, 20225 min read
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Week 13 (and a half)!
I’m a bit superstitious, so I had an inkling week 13 would be a bit weird and eerie. It did not disappoint! From rattlesnakes to...
Autumn Kruse
Aug 4, 20227 min read
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Weeks 11 and 12!
Halfway, baby!! After our stay in South Lake Tahoe we were headed out for a big push. We’d have a few stops along the way, but we...
Autumn Kruse
Jul 18, 20229 min read
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Week Ten Wrap-Up
Hallelujah! Finally a tolerable week! All of the mosquitoes must have froze to death during last week’s storm, the terrain took it fairly...
Autumn Kruse
Jun 29, 20226 min read
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Week Nine Wrap-Up
Week nine brought to you by Chris! "It's not a question of whether you will hurt, or of how much you will hurt; it's a question of what...
Autumn Kruse
Jun 24, 202211 min read
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Week Eight Wrap-Up
To put it simply, week eight was a cold torturous shitstorm. We hiked endless miles through the snow, up and down mountains, pass after...
Autumn Kruse
Jun 19, 20228 min read
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Week Seven Wrap-Up
Although week seven now feels tainted with darkness by the death of Maddie, we had no idea anything had happened to her in the midst of...
Autumn Kruse
Jun 13, 20229 min read
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Maddie “Riddles” Magee
Heartbroken, stunned, devastated, furious with myself. Those are the feelings pouring over me and running through me as I write this. You...
Autumn Kruse
Jun 6, 20226 min read
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Week Six Wrap-Up
Week six began a bit precariously, but ended in celebration. We crossed both the 600 and 700 mile markers this week, and we officially...
Autumn Kruse
Jun 5, 20225 min read
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Week Five Wrap-Up
Week five was a fun one! And we hit our first big milestone - 500 miles baby! We started the week off a bit down in the dumps, as the...
Autumn Kruse
May 23, 20226 min read
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Week Four Wrap-Up
Hey, it’s Chris! Our PCT experience thus far has been more challenging than either one of us originally thought. "A longer than normal...
Autumn Kruse
May 14, 20228 min read
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Trail Towns: Big Bear Lake
Big Bear Lake is a cozy little working class town of only 5,000 people, nestled in the San Bernardino National Forest at an elevation of...
Autumn Kruse
May 11, 20224 min read
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Week Three Wrap-Up
Slow is fast. Week three began with one of the most beautiful sunrises we’ve seen on the trail thus far. Shades of pink and purple and...
Autumn Kruse
May 8, 20226 min read
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Week Two Wrap-Up
Our second week on the trail was, once again, full of ups and downs. It seems as though that will be the norm for the next several months...
Autumn Kruse
Apr 27, 20225 min read
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Trail Towns: Idyllwild
Idyllwild is a quaint little town of fewer than 3,000 residents situated in the San Jacinto Mountains. With snow capped peaks all around...
Autumn Kruse
Apr 24, 20224 min read
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