Ryan’s Great Adventures: 2010
This year was all about thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. Rather than compile all of my individual blog posts into a coherent whole, I'm just creating this list of all of the relevant posts from start to finish.
| Title | Date | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The Prep Work Continues.... | Friday, April 2, 2010 |
| 2. | Around the Corner and Through the Woods, Is That a Cell Phone Tower I see....? | Sunday, April 18, 2010 |
| 3. | Crash and Burn.... | Tuesday, April 20, 2010 |
| 4. | Day 1: Let the Hike Begin! | Friday, April 23, 2010 |
| 5. | How to Name Blisters and Other Important Topics | Saturday, April 24, 2010 |
| 6. | People Falling Out of the Sky and Other Unexpected Happenings | Sunday, April 25, 2010 |
| 7. | El Se�or de San Diego | Monday, April 26, 2010 |
| 8. | Lots and Lots and Lots of Thru-Hikers | Tuesday, April 27, 2010 |
| 9. | Rubber Gloves, Safety Glasses, and Other Trail Necessities | Tuesday, April 27, 2010 |
| 10. | The Day My Hat Attacked Me | Wednesday, April 28, 2010 |
| 11. | Things That Go Bump In the Night | Thursday, April 29, 2010 |
| 12. | Taking a Slash and Outhouse Shenanigans | Friday, April 30, 2010 |
| 13. | I'll Walk One Hundred Miles.... | Sunday, May 1, 2010 |
| 14. | Riding the Eagle! Yeee-haw! | Sunday, May 2, 2010 |
| 15. | Soaring With Eagles | Monday, May 3, 2010 |
| 16. | To Walk Like a Duck | Tuesday, May 4, 2010 |
| 17. | Snakes and Lizards on Cinco de Mayo | Wednesday, May 5, 2010 |
| 18. | Another Blister! | Thursday, May 6, 2010 |
| 19. | The Snow Monster Cometh.... | Friday, May 7, 2010 |
| 20. | Idyllwild! Idyllwild! Come here, Idyllwild! | Saturday, May 8, 2010 |
| 21. | An Israeli, an Englishman, a Canadian, and an American Walk Into a Bar.... | Sunday, May 9, 2010 |
| 22. | Back to the Mountain From Hell! | Monday, May 10, 2010 |
| 23. | Shoelace Thermometer and Fuller Ridge | Tuesday, May 11, 2010 |
| 24. | The Long Drop to Civilization | Wednesday, May 12, 2010 |
| 25. | Charging the Windmills | Thursday, May 13, 2010 |
| 26. | Wet Feet | Friday, May 14, 2010 |
| 27. | Lions, and Tigers, and Bears.... Really! | Saturday, May 15, 2010 |
| 28. | The Hunt For a Souvenir Lighter | Sunday, May 16, 2010 |
| 29. | Injury On the Trail! | Monday, May 17, 2010 |
| 30. | National Science Trail | Tuesday, May 18, 2010 |
| 31. | Holy Naked Tortugas With Shades! | Wednesday, May 19, 2010 |
| 32. | Does a Snake Poop In the Woods? | Thursday, May 20, 2010 |
| 33. | McDonalds and Shooting Ranges | Friday, May 21, 2010 |
| 34. | On to Wrightwood! | Saturday, May 22, 2010 |
| 35. | Zero Day Blues | Sunday, May 23, 2010 |
| 36. | Meeting Baden Powell | Monday, May 24, 2010 |
| 37. | The Station Fire Detour | Tuesday, May 25, 2010 |
| 38. | The Miserable Road Walk.... | Wednesday, May 26, 2010 |
| 39. | The Little Doggie | Thursday, May 27, 2010 |
| 40. | Hiker Heaven | Friday, May 28, 2010 |
| 41. | I Squeezed the Charmin! | Saturday, May 29, 2010 |
| 42. | The Andersons | Sunday, May 30, 2010 |
| 43. | Ripping Apples In Two With Your Bare Hands | Monday, May 31, 2010 |
| 44. | Carrying a Bag of... Rocks? Yes, Rocks. | Tuesday, June 1, 2010 |
| 45. | The Los Angeles Aqueduct | Wednesday, June 2, 2010 |
| 46. | Giants! No, just windmills.... | Thursday, June 3, 2010 |
| 47. | Moving from Mojave to Tehachapi | Friday, June 4, 2010 |
| 48. | Goodbye, Southern California! | Saturday, June 5, 2010 |
| 49. | A Celebrity on the Trail! | Sunday, June 6, 2010 |
| 50. | A Lonely Day on the Trail | Monday, June 7, 2010 |
| 51. | Water! Water! My Kingdom for a Drop of Water! | Tuesday, June 8, 2010 |
| 52. | Getting off the trail, the hard way | Wednesday, June 9, 2010 |
| 53. | A Double Feature! | Thursday-Friday, June 10-11, 2010 |
| 54. | A Big-Mile Day! | Saturday, June 12, 2010 |
| 55. | Into Kennedy Meadows | Sunday, June 13, 2010 |
| 56. | The Calm Before the Storm | Monday, June 14, 2010 |
| 57. | Into the High Sierras! Let's Go Back In Time.... |
Tuesday, June 15, 2010 |
| 58. | Homesickness and Digging Holes | Wednesday, June 16, 2010 |
| 59. | Bears, Gay Weddings, and Ever Growing Mountains | Thursday, June 17, 2010 |
| 60. | Highs and Lows | Friday, June 18, 2010 |
| 61. | Boker Tov! | Saturday, June 19, 2010 |
| 62. | The Monster Under the Bed | Sunday, June 20, 2010 |
| 63. | Holy Naked Hiking Tortugas! | Monday, June 21, 2010 |
| 64. | Lemmings! We're Lemmings! | Tuesday, June 22, 2010 |
| 65. | Pinchot Pass: It can bring a grown man to his knees.... | Wednesday, June 23, 2010 |
| 66. | Mather Pass: The scariest pass of them all | Thursday, June 24, 2010 |
| 67. | Muir Pass: The postholing nightmare | Friday, June 25, 2010 |
| 68. | The Most Dangerous River Crossings of All.... | Saturday, June 26, 2010 |
| 69. | The Most Dangerous Day of the Trail.... | Sunday, June 27, 2010 |
| 70. | A Typical Journal Entry | Monday, June 28, 2010 |
| 71. | Civilization! Can it really be?! | Tuesday, June 29, 2010 |
| 72. | Zero Day: I Earned It This Time! | Wednesday, June 30, 2010 |
| 73. | Donahue Pass: It's Not Over Yet! | Thursday, July 1, 2010 |
| 74. | ...And Into Yosemite National Park | Friday, July 2, 2010 |
| 75. | Benson Pass: They Just Keep on Coming.... | Saturday, July 3, 2010 |
| 76. | Ain't No River Wide Enough.... | Sunday, July 4, 2010 |
| 77. | Miles... Must Do Miles..... | Monday, July 5, 2010 |
| 78. | Sonora Pass: The Last 10,000 Footer! | Tuesday, July 6, 2010 |
| 79. | Another Boring Day of Hiking | Wednesday, July 7, 2010 |
| 80. | Search for the Nipple | Thursday, July 8, 2010 |
| 81. | South Lake Tahoe | Friday, July 9, 2010 |
| 82. | Part III: Northern California | Saturday, July 10, 2010 |
| 83. | The Mosquito Attack | Sunday, July 11, 2010 |
| 84. | "North" Lake Tahoe | Monday, July 12, 2010 |
| 85. | Cannibalism on the Trail, With a Side of Ketchup | Tuesday, July 13, 2010 |
| 86. | Happy Bastille Day! | Wednesday, July 14, 2010 |
| 87. | Packer Lake Lodge | Thursday, July 15, 2010 |
| 88. | An Afternoon in Quincy | Friday, July 16, 2010 |
| 89. | Breaking Out | Saturday, July 17, 2010 |
| 90. | Slacking Off | Sunday, July 18, 2010 |
| 91. | The Laziest Day of All | Monday, July 19, 2010 |
| 92. | A Day Without Snow | Tuesday, July 20, 2010 |
| 93. | ...And Into Creepy, Old Belden Town | Wednesday, July 21, 2010 |
| 94. | The Long Climb Out of Belden | Thursday, July 22, 2010 |
| 95. | Halfway! Halfway! And One More Time... HALFWAY! | Friday, July 23, 2010 |
| 96. | New Dangers: Boiling Mud | Saturday, July 24, 2010 |
| 97. | To Old Station! | Sunday, July 25, 2010 |
| 98. | The Hat Creek Rim Hodown | Monday, July 26, 2010 |
| 99. | Holy Naked Fisherman in a Rowboat! | Tuesday, July 27, 2010 |
| 100. | Water, Maps, and an Attempt at a 30+ Mile Day.... | Wednesday, July 28, 2010 |
| 101. | The Blahs | Thursday, July 29, 2010 |
| 102. | A Quick Trip Into Dunsmuir | Friday, July 30, 2010 |
| 103. | Trail Folks | Saturday, July 31, 2010 |
| 104. | What's Another Word for SPECTACULAR? | Sunday, August 1, 2010 |
| 105. | The Russian Wilderness | Monday, August 2, 2010 |
| 106. | A Day of Rest | Tuesday, August 3, 2010 |
| 107. | Back to the Trail! | Wednesday, August 4, 2010 |
| 108. | Shoe Troubles.... | Thursday, August 5, 2010 |
| 109. | The Pancake Challenge! | Friday, August 6, 2010 |
| 110. | O Oregon, Where Art Thou? | Saturday, August 7, 2010 |
| 111. | O Ashland, Where Art Thou? | Sunday, August 8, 2010 |
| 112. | Grizzlies and Train Robberies! | Monday, August 9, 2010 |
| 113. | On, bacons, on! | Tuesday, August 10, 2010 |
| 114. | Goodbye to Ashland.... | Wednesday, August 11, 2010 |
| 115. | Southbounders and Perseids | Thursday, August 12, 2010 |
| 116. | Crater Lake | Friday, August 13, 2010 |
| 117. | Mount Thielson | Saturday, August 14, 2010 |
| 118. | Attack of the Killer Mosquitoes | Sunday, August 15, 2010 |
| 119. | Over the Mountains and Through the Woods.... | Monday, August 16, 2010 |
| 120. | The Calm Before the Storm | Tuesday, August 17, 2010 |
| 121. | The Calm After the Storm | Wednesday, August 18, 2010 |
| 122. | To Sisters! | Thursday, August 19, 2010 |
| 123. | A 32nd Reason to Love Baskin Robbins | Friday, August 20, 2010 |
| 124. | Fire and Ice and Everything Nice | Saturday, August 21, 2010 |
| 125. | In Search of the PCT | Sunday, August 22, 2010 |
| 126. | Merry Christmas! (Not Really) | Monday, August 23, 2010 |
| 127. | Mount Hood and Timberline Lodge | Tuesday, August 24, 2010 |
| 128. | Another Boring Day in the Woods.... | Wednesday, August 25, 2010 |
| 129. | Crossing Another Arbitrary Political Boundary! | Thursday, August 26, 2010 |
| 130. | Happy New Year! (Not really) | Friday-Saturday, August 27-28, 2010 |
| 131. | Another Double Header! | Sunday-Monday, August 29-30, 2010 |
| 132. | Raining Apple Pies | Tuesday, August 31, 2010 |
| 133. | The Laziest Day on the Trail | Wednesday, September 1, 2010 |
| 134. | Jizo, the Patron Saint of Travelers, Finally Comes Through | Thursday, September 2, 2010 |
| 135. | Gummi Women and the Goat Rocks | Friday, September 3, 2010 |
| 136. | Give Me White Pass, or Give Me Death! | Saturday, September 4, 2010 |
| 137. | From White Pass to Mount Rainier | Sunday, September 5, 2010 |
| 138. | Labor Day at Chinook Pass | Monday, September 6, 2010 |
| 139. | A Perfect Day For Misery | Tuesday, September 7, 2010 |
| 140. | Snoqualmie Pass or Bust! | Wednesday, September 8, 2010 |
| 141. | Jack, Packs, and Buckles | Thursday, September 9, 2010 |
| 142. | Lemah Meadows and Area | Friday, September 10, 2010 |
| 143. | Cathedral Rock, Boots, and Ed | Saturday, September 11, 2010 |
| 144. | Avalanches, Murders, and the Dressmaker's Doll | Sunday, September 12, 2010 |
| 145. | These are a few of my favorite things.... | Monday, September 13, 2010 |
| 146. | Around Glacier Peak | Tuesday, September 14, 2010 |
| 147. | Glorious Sunrise! | Wednesday, September 15, 2010 |
| 148. | Stehekin, the Most Amazing Town EVER! | Thursday, September 16, 2010 |
| 149. | Disaster Strikes! | Friday, September 17, 2010 |
| 150. | Listless and Lonely..... | Saturday, September 18, 2010 |
| 151. | The Dreary Weather Continues.... | Sunday, September 19, 2010 |
| 152. | Oh, Canada! Oh, Canada! | Monday, September 20, 2010 |
| 153. | There's No Place Like Home.... | Tuesday, September 21, 2010 |
| 154. | Reentry and the "Lost" Photos | Wednesday, September 22, 2010 |
| 155. | PCT Epilogue | Wednesday, February 23, 2011 |