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Featuring images and stories by f-stop (a.k.a. Michael DeYoung) from our southbound journey along the PCT
Pacific Crest Trail Personal Portrait Project
PACIFIC CREST TRAIL HIKER PORTRAITS. Here, finally, I am posting a collection of hiker portraits as personal photo project. Some of these images have already been published on previous posts from my PCT 2016 hike. I hiked the trail with a new camera, a Sony A6300 with...
F-stop’s SOBO Hiking The PCT – Tuolumne Meadows to Cottonwood Pass
10/7 - 10/10 Tuolomne Meadows (Yosemite National Park) 942.5 to Agnew Meadows (915) & 10/11 - 10/14 Onion Valley Trailhead over Kearsarge Pass to Cottonwood Pass (750.2) - 80.9 miles Total miles hiked to date: 660.4 We are now off trail again probably for the rest of...
F-stop’s SOBO Hiking The PCT – Echo Lake to Tuolumne Meadows
9/23 - 10/3 Echo Summit Trailhead 1090 to Tuolomne Meadows (Yosemite National Park) 942.5 - 147.5 miles Total miles hiked to date: 579.5 THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE SIERRA. I’ll try to keep this blog shorter on text, with lots of pics to look at. This section had many...
F-stop’s SOBO Thru Hiking The PCT – White Pass to Trout Lake
8/3 - 8/6 White Pass 2292.4 to Trout Lake 2226.4 - 66 miles passing through the Goat Rocks Wilderness and Mount Adams Wilderness Total miles hiked to date: 432 Goat Rocks Wilderness: This last section was only 66 miles and I would not have missed it for the world! I...
F-stop’s SOBO Thru Hiking The PCT – Snoqualmie Pass to White Pass
7/28 - 8/1 Snoqualmie Pass 2390.6 to White Pass 2292.4 - 98.2 miles Total miles hiked to date: 366 This segment should be titled 'Hiker to Hiker Trail Magic' First, I hit two milestones in this section: I passed the 300 mile point and, more significantly, I...
F-stop’s SOBO Thru Hiking The PCT – Stevens Pass to Snoqualmie Pass
7/23 - 7/27 Stevens Pass 2461.6 to Snoqualmie Pass 2390.6 - 71 miles Total miles hiked to date: 268 I tend to trust knowledgable people even when I haven’t experienced what they said I will. Yes, this early in the hike it was already starting to happen. I took off...
F-stop’s SOBO Thru Hiking The PCT – Harts Pass to Stevens Pass
7/10 - 7/20 (From mile marker 2620.9 slightly above Harts Pass to Stevens Pass 2461.6) Total miles hiked to date: 197 I reach Dolly Vista campsite 121 miles south of the border, cold and wet with the higher peaks shrouded in cloud. My feet are in agony but I decide to...
F-stop’s SOBO Hiking The PCT – My Gear
{Note: Michael is nearly 200 miles into his SOBO PCT journey but here are a few thoughts he went through when preparing for the trip.} There is an abundance of blogs where AT, PCT or CDT thru hikers dedicate a post to an itemized and detailed gear list. I’m not going...
f-stop’s SOBO Thru Hiking The PCT – Harts Pass to Manning Park
7/7 - 7/9 (From mile marker 2620.9 to Gibson Pass Road 2658.2) I finally got started on July 7 at about 2pm. I made it to Manning Park, BC around noon on Saturday, July 9. I did 9 miles the first day, 20 on Friday and 8 on Saturday. What surprised me most about my...
F-stop’s Camera Gear For The PCT Or Any Long Distance Backpack Trip
If you want pro results and performance out of your camera, a little versatility, and the ability to shoot beautiful twilight landscapes then forget ultra light backpacking. I am carrying the lightest outfit I’ve ever carried on a backpack trip and it still weighs in...