Just a short while ago, Laura left some bottles on trail for hikers climbing out of Hauser Creek. Laura asked on IG if anyone had any messages they wanted to have her write on them. I just love shit like this. Love it. What’s awesome is that Carol AKA Cheer from Thru-r was doing some…
A while back, a lovely man reached out and said that when we get to Idyllwild that we can stay in his family’s cottage. He lives in San Diego and his family purchased a sweet little place to enjoy in the mountains northeast of them. So sweet of them. Hopefully, the offer still stands when…
Thru-hikers on the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail have long relied on the kindness of strangers to get them through difficult stretches. Trail angels fill water caches, open their doors to smelly hikers, and run shuttles to and from towns. But after nearly a decade of explosive foot traffic on the PCT, some of the most well-known volunteers…
For many years, Scout and Frodo, famed trail angels in San Diego, have hosted thousands of PCT hikers at their home and—with the help of so many others—drive them to the Southern Terminus for the start of their adventures. Covid-19 changed everything, making it unsafe to gather with hikers as they have in the past….
They leave random goodies along the trail… Mary, who hiked the PCT in 2019… did a wonderful job at explaining the wonderful Trail Angels along the PCT. They help hikers get into and out of town to resupply from the trailhead… They fill up water caches for thirsty hikers… Cache 22 near the PCT crossing at…
