Author name: jkessler

I’ve had many car trips with Map Girl where on our way to a fun-filled adventure a specific album would […]

The legendary magic of Oregon is almost upon me! While it’s taken over 2 months to get through most of

Hello all, It’s been a while, and cell service has been intermittent and random. I had my first trail bear

Are you ready for a knock-knock joke? Knock knock- who’s there? catastrophic failure catastrophic failure who? catastrophic gear failure Exactly. 

Welcome to the lesser Sierra. For your convenience, we’ve turned the trail into a stream!  The Pacific Crest Stream is

With sadness I said farewell to Popcorn at the base of Mt. Whitney and rushed on to meet my old

Hello all, It is with great happiness that I can use this classic John Muir quote: “fuck the desert, we’re

I’ve made it to beautiful Tehachapi I’m taking a half day in town to resupply and eat foods Other stuff:

Hello lovely folks, I’ve been nourishing myself at the Acton K-O-Yay heading to agua dulce for a resupply missing some

Hi all,I’ve made it happily to wrightwood!  I had a good hitch in, and am in the process of resupplying!