The Fox Wedding
The mosquitoes were worse than I had ever experienced. I could see their abdomens swell with blood and turn red as they sucked from my...
It Was a Trail of Innumerable Meanings
Climbing up from Six Horse Spring towards Windigo Pass I began to feel intensely dizzy - my vision blurred and became foggy and I wavered...
His Thoughts Were Unstained
I became lost in thought - past grievances, people who had wronged me in some way, the frustrations of previous jobs. They were all...
He Has No Comfort Owing Him From Anywhere
As thru-hikers often do, I had hiked until it grew dark and set up camp wherever I happened to find myself; in this case not far from...
Oregon
The trail led me through meadows and past a derelict cabin with a corrugated tin roof curling up and missing in several places. I entered...
There's a Line of Men Along the Border Hating Canada Because it Stopped Them
The remainder of the day was one long descent, mostly under tree cover, down towards the small town of Seiad Valley. At one point I...