For over 20 years I have dreamed of hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, which travels over 2,600 miles from Mexico to Canada. After surviving over ten years of some pretty serious depression, I am finally ready to start a new life and would love to finally do the trail before I get too old! [...]

That depends how long you are planning on taking. 100 km isn’t that far so what gear you take matters less. I would recommend getting the lightest stuff you can feel every extra pound. Also for food I would recommend not buying the typical hiking food. You can get food that [...]