GEAR

FOOD

• AlpineAire
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PACK

Osprey
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• Hyperlite
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SLEEP

• HyperLite 1P Tent
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• Nemo 15 Degree Sleeping Bag
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MISC

• Hiker Trash Vogue
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• Sigma 30mm F1.4
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• VSCO Photo Edit
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• Calla Cam Photo Edit
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• Mount Shasta
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WISDOMS

THRU HIKING

• For me, skipping (the Sierras in 2017)… knowing that I’m going to have to come back and do this… to separate the trail like that, I don’t think I’m that kind of hiker.  Now if I go back and do the PCT again, if it’s a high snow year, I would just make sure that I have a group and go through the Sierra just cause I don’t like splitting it up.  I like the full Northbound hike.

• For me it was a very solo journey.  I needed that solitude… to test myself, to see if I actually wanted to be out there and if I could do it.

• Being alone, especially hiking alone doing something I really, really love was really healing for me.  Because it taught me that I can have fun by myself.  It taught me to take better care of myself.

• For me to know that I was capable of completing the PCT, I was like I can do anything now.  And I should.  If I know I need to make a change, I’m just going to do it because I know myself better now.

• Take risks!  Take chances on changing up your life.

• There’s so much beauty around you regardless if you’re walking in the woods or
if you’re in the middle of a city.

• So I think I’d just spend less time comparing myself and just actually taking in every little aspect of it.

• It’s funny how quickly things can change on the trail.

• The trail really forces you to look at small, smaller joys.

• Don’t let other people tell you how to hike.

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