by Paty | Feb 12, 2024 | Arizona High Points, Southwest US
Arizona County HP: #2 Difficulty: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (on a scale of 4) Summit Elevation: 5,681 feet Mountain Range: Harquahala Mountains Ancestral Lands: Cocopah, O’odham Jewed, Upper Pima, Yavapai Apache PLANNING DETAILS...
by Paty | Jan 15, 2024 | HP blogs, Southwest US
I never knew how much I adored Arizona until I thru-hiked the Arizona National Scenic Trail in 2022. Walking 800 miles from the state’s southern border with Mexico up to the Utah border opened my eyes to the state’s geographic diversity. And I...
by Paty | Dec 13, 2023 | Scotland, West Highland Way
Now that I’m mostly dry again after the torrential rain in Scotland rain, it’s time to take a look back at what I saw on that trail. The West Highland Way (WHW) wasn’t my first European long trail, but it was my first trail in the UK. So I probably...
by Paty | Oct 22, 2023 | Gear, Scotland, West Highland Way
The first thing you might notice is how this particular packing list looks very different from my the ones I’ve created for my backcountry hiking trips. The reason for this shift is because I didn’t intend to camping a single night on the West Highland Way...
by Paty | Oct 10, 2023 | Scotland, Trail Journals, West Highland Way
Monday 10/9/2023 Start: Fort William, Scotland End: London, England Distance Traveled: 629 miles (122 miles by bus + 400 miles by train + 7 miles by Tube) After two days of sitting around Fort William waiting for the record-breaking rainfall to end, I...