Category: Pacific Crest Trail

• The DJI Spark is coming on the hike

  Very unexpectedly, I have decided that my DJI Spark is coming on the hike. When I started planning my hike I was very firm that my photo gear should not weigh as much as it usually does on my other hikes. I was generally very firm that I wanted to carry...

• PCT permit application 2018

  My PCT permit for 2018 is hopefully nearly ready! On 1 November 2017 at 18:30, PCTA opened their registration page. Before I can get my PCT permit, PCTA need to know my planned start and finish dates and where I intend to walk from and to...

• Tattoo Salonen and my Pacific Crest Trail tattoo

  In my last post I wrote - as you might remember - that I wanted a tattoo when I got home from my hike. A permanent reminder of my adventure (because pictures, vlogs and blog posts apparently are not memory enough, hehe). So I went down to Tattoo Salonen...

• Hiking tattoo

  I should definitely get a hiking tattoo, I thought - and of course I should ... or I do not know if it goes without saying, but of course I should. When I get home from my hike I want the Pacific Crest Trail logo itself tattooed, as a reminder of my win. At first I thought about...

• Planning? … yeah, good luck with that :)

  Planning is futile As previously mentioned, I need to try and plan in advance approximately where on the route I’ll need to resupply with food and possibly gear. So planning… good luck with that! Because before I actually start walking, there’s no way I can know how far I’ll be able to go each day. […]

• Gear for the hike

  As mentioned before, I need new gear for the trip, since I do not have anything light enough. The plan is to land on a base weight of around 8 kg - base weight being the weight of everything in the pack that cannot be eaten or drunk - so there is still room to haul food and water...

• Fujifilm Nordic – my first sponsor

  So now I have been contacted by my first sponsor - Fujifilm Nordic - kind of. Ib Thordal from Fujifilm Nordic reached out and asked whether I would be interested in borrowing a camera for my trip - free choice from their lineup. Since my trusty Nikon D810 is too heavy to bring along...

• Pacific Crest Trail

  Preparations for the Pacific Crest Trail have been under way since January, and I am still missing everything - pretty much. Here is a quick overview of the trip. It runs south from Campo, at the Mexican border, and north up through the Mojave desert, through the Sierra to Oregon...

• Pacific Crest Trail with Rod Clemen

  My name is Rod Clemen and in April 2018 I am going to thru-hike the Pacific Crest Trail, which runs from the Mexican border, up through the USA to Canada. At the beginning of January 2017 there was a small voice inside me saying that something drastic had to happen...