In two and a half weeks I fly out to San Diego to begin my hike of the Pacific Crest Trail: over 2,600 miles from the Mexican border to the Canadia border, through the mountains of California, Oregon, and Washington.

I begin in the desert, but this is a huge snow year, so when I go over the mountains (the San Jacintos, Fuller Ridge, Baden Powell) I'll likely see two to six feet of snow.

Then I'll get to the Sierra Nevadas, and may have two or three weeks of walking through very difficult snow fields over the high (12-14,000 feet) passes.

After that it'll be a walk in the park through the Cascades until I get to Washington, where I'll be racing the early autumn snowfall, before I come out in Manning Provicial Park, British Columbia.

The whole trip should take me around five months, and I'll be updating my web page as I go, with words and photos.

Of course, I'll be doing the entire thing in a kilt (once finished, this will bring the miles on this little Bear Kilt to around 5,000).

Andrew.