Thetrek iconThetrekAug 31, 2026

Why I’m Not Thru-Hiking The JMT

I started composing this first blog entry for The Trek on the Plains of Abraham, located in the Mt. I was thru-hiking the Loowit Trail with some good friends, and I didn't want to sacrifice valuable pages in my trail journal to a crude outline that would likely go unused anyway.

Why I’m Not Thru-Hiking The JMT

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I started composing this first blog entry for The Trek on the Plains of Abraham, located in the Mt.

I was thru-hiking the Loowit Trail with some good friends, and I didn't want to sacrifice valuable pages in my trail journal to a crude outline that would likely go unused anyway.

Nonetheless, the ideas presented here were born beneath the shadow of Alpine Butte,...

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I started composing this first blog entry for The Trek on the Plains of Abraham, located in the Mt. I was thru-hiking the Loowit Trail with some good friends, and I didn't want to sacrifice valuable pages in my trail journal to a crude outline that would likely go unused anyway. Nonetheless, the ideas presented here were born beneath the shadow of Alpine Butte,...

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