Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail: The Gear I Used and Why

It was somewhat easy for me to decide to hike the Pacific Crest Trail. But a gigantic hurdle before me was the gear needed for the trip. Here was my — a beginner's — approach.

I am not an ultralight-gear fanatic. I wasn’t an experienced backpacker when I set out. Shockingly, I wasn’t someone with a plan. I was just someone with a passion, and a serious need to get away from my darkness and into the light of the wilderness.

Here is the gear that I used on my hike along the Pacific Crest Trail from head to toe, day and night. Yes, there’s lots of great gear out there, so how did this gear make the cut?

Through a combination of trial and error, a few handouts, some work ethic, and downright beginner’s luck. And I didn’t need to save thousands of dollars to purchase them, or research high and low, or obsess about ounces and tag-cutting. I did quite the opposite in fact. I somewhat closed my eyes and hoped for the best. And somehow it got me to the monument. Here’s how this process can get you there, too!

Read the entire list of gear that Sean Jansen used here.

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October 30, 2024

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Sean Jansen es escritor independiente y guía estacional en el Parque Nacional de Yellowstone. Durante su temporada libre, participa en una letanía de expediciones que van desde la travesía del Sendero de la Cresta del Pacífico a su reciente viaje, remando de pie por la península de Baja California en México. Tras recuperarse del alcoholismo, se ha mudado a una furgoneta y dedica su tiempo a pescar con mosca en arroyos de truchas, a entrenarse para ultramaratones y a buscar en la costa olas sin surfear. Apasionado de la naturaleza y los lugares salvajes, a menudo se lleva su bolígrafo y su papel de viaje y busca formas de que las actividades recreativas al aire libre que tanto le gustan puedan retribuir a la conservación y a las zonas medioambientales necesitadas.

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