by Paty | Oct 21, 2021 | Books, Gear, Oregon Coast Trail
Do you want to know my biggest challenge while thru-hiking the Oregon Coast Trail (or OCT)? It wasn’t the road walks along busy Highway 101. Nor was it the long stretches of solitude without a trail family. It wasn’t even trying to time the ocean’s...
by Paty | Oct 19, 2021 | HP blogs
It’s October, and my highpointing season is finally is over for this year. The weather is changing. Snow is starting to fall in the mountains. I have no more peaks or obscure places left to visit until next spring. Yet, as I look back, I’m pretty...
by Paty | Oct 1, 2021 | Oregon Coast Trail, West Coast
I’ll be the first to admit, I didn’t hike the Oregon Coast Trail (OCT) exactly the way I wanted. My itinerary was less than ideal! In retrospect, I should have gone much, much slower. Eighteen days wasn’t nearly enough time to appreciate everything...
by Paty | Sep 30, 2021 | Timberline Trail, West Coast
Although the Timberline Trail was just a short ~40-mile loop around Mt. Hood, this three-day backpacking trip was quite an adventure. And so, as with many of my other longer hikes, I’ve decided to put together a “by the numbers” roll-up of my recent...
by Paty | Sep 21, 2021 | Oregon Coast Trail, West Coast
Once again I’m back with a quick overview of the stats and metrics for the things I encountered on my most recent thru-hike – the Oregon Coast Trail (aka the OCT). This end-to-end trail begins at the state’s northern border with Washington and runs down the...
