by Paty | Apr 20, 2024 | Camino Portugués, Portugal
My best friend and his wife keep sending me pictures of Spain. Pictures of them exploring small villages in Andalusia. Pictures of the Moorish and Gothic-inspired architecture. Pictures of tapas and wine at cute little cafes. And each time I receive a new image on...
by Paty | Apr 16, 2024 | Oregon High Points, West Coast
Oregon County HP: #13 Difficulty: ⭐️ (on a scale of 5) Summit Elevation: 2,265 feet Mountain Range: Oregon Coast Range Ancestral Lands: Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla, Kalapuya, Clatskanie, Atfalati, Confederated Tribes of the...
by Paty | Apr 15, 2024 | HP blogs
*Last updated April 15, 2024 Below is a table summarizing each of the county high points in Oregon I’ve visited (in the order of their completion). If you click on the high point’s name, you’ll get my trip report for that county. At the bottom of this post, I’ve also...
by Paty | Feb 21, 2024 | Arizona High Points, Southwest US
Arizona County HP: #5 Difficulty: ⭐️⭐️ (on a scale of 4) Summit Elevation: 4,877 feet Mountain Range: Kofa Mountains Ancestral Lands: Cocopah, Kwatsáan, Yavapai Apache PLANNING DETAILS Location: Signal Peak is located...
by Paty | Feb 20, 2024 | Arizona High Points, Southwest US
Arizona County HP: #4 Difficulty: ⭐️ (on a scale of 4) Summit Elevation: 9,157 feet Mountain Range: Santa Catalina Mountains Ancestral Lands: O’odham Jewed, Sobaipuri, Western Apache, Hohokam, Tohono O’odham PLANNING...
by Paty | Feb 19, 2024 | Arizona High Points, Southwest US
Arizona County HP: #3 Difficulty: ⭐️⭐️ (on a scale of 4) Summit Elevation: 7,280 feet Mountain Range: Santa Catalina Mountains Ancestral Lands: O’odham Jewed, Sobaipuri, Western Apache, Hohokam PLANNING DETAILS...
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...
