by mcgarveysan | May 3, 2022 | Our lives, Pacific Crest Trail, PCT, PCT 2021
Finishing the Trail I’m looking at my PCT finishers medal as I type this and it’s hard to believe that it’s been three years since we began hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. I finished hiking the trail in September 2021 after 2652 miles of backpacking. ... 
by mcgarveysan | Jul 16, 2021 | PCT, PCT 2021
Day: 199 Direction: Southbound Trail location: 1329.4 Cumulative miles hiked: 2036 Miles hiked today: 7.06 Elevation: 6808 High/low temp: 93/57/16 Spinning on the turntable: Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats It was again difficult to leave Noelle behind to... 
by mcgarveysan | Jan 15, 2020 | Travel
You’re in line! Survey says?!? Confirmation! Time to shoot for all the marbles! 
by mcgarveysan | Nov 2, 2019 | Hiking, PCT, Section L Washington, Thru-hikes
Goal setting for hiking, working, relationships, or living has been a massive part of my life. Noelle here, by the way. Deciding to hike the Pacific Crest Trail was no different. So how would I break up a huge goal into smaller, more manageable pieces? Why hike in... 
by mcgarveysan | Aug 1, 2019 | Hiking, Our lives, PCT, Section A Oregon, Thru-hikes
Ten things I’ve learned from hiking the first 1000 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail that are applicable to life both on the trail and off the trail. Now that I’ve hiked over 1000 miles on this PCT thru-hike attempt, what have I learned? The first five...