Today was the start of some easy days--an 11km stroll down to Paine Grande was on the agenda, and the weather held. It was also the first section of the W circuit, which meant people people people, irritating and entertaining.

A fantastic and hard 13 mile day up and over Paso John Gardner to Refugio Grey

Today we lazily get up and get out and hike the eight miles through the cold snow pellets up to Camping Los Perros.

First day in Torres del Paine, a hot 19 mile walk from Torres Central to Refugio Dickson

Hello, Patagonia. We sleep in and bus-bus-shuttle to Torres del Paine. It's strongly different than the last time, so many more people, it's not any secret anymore.

Long travel days from San Diego to Punta Arenas to start a couple of weeks of travel around the end of the world.

Hiked around chilly Chiricahua National Monument in southern Arizona. A good day.

All the gear I ended up with on the PCT.

3 days on Oahu

A moderately tough scramble to a tall waterfall on the Na Pali coast of Kauai

A great hike on a clear day through the Alakai Swamp on Kauai island

A nice hike on a warm day.

Call this the awkward 'everything else' post: gear that I didn't need during the day when I was hiking, and too bulky for a stuff sack.

The long detailed list of everything I packed for camp--and the most overlooked camping item

Backpack, tent, sleeping bag, pad. The Big Four gear I took on the PCT. Plus a bonus.

A comprehensive table of my PCT hiking

A pleasant day for a ten mile hike up Monument Peak in the Laguna Mountains

Touring around Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Yet another transit day, this time to Almaty, Kazakhstan.

A transit through Abu Dhabi.

We're off; via San Francisco and Abu Dhabi to Almaty, a unlikely tripling of cities.

My gear for filtering and storing water.

My last day on the PCT, from Hopkins Lake into Manning Park, BC.

A great day of hiking through wonderful country, yet my thoughts are drifting towards home

Good day of hiking through great country, near Harts Pass