{"id":7323,"date":"2021-06-25T18:38:21","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T18:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/impacteng.ca\/?p=7323"},"modified":"2024-04-23T03:41:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T03:41:15","slug":"team-focus-hiking-the-pacific-crest-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impacteng.ca\/news\/team-focus-hiking-the-pacific-crest-trail\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Focus – Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In our latest Impact Journal, we decided to focus on the personal achievements of one of our team.<\/li>
Learn how Nick Cramp walked 2,650 miles along the Pacific Crest Trail, and how this reinforced his desire to work in a field that reduced our collective impact on the environment. \u00a0<\/li>
Check out some of his amazing photos along the way.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
I have always enjoyed all things outdoors and after the completion of my Masters degree in late 2017, I had some leftover stress that I needed to walk off \u2013 2,650 miles of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After seeing some amazing photos pop-up online of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, and a few days of furious online research, I decided to attempt a thru-hike of the Pacific Crest Trail in the Spring of 2018. This trail spans from the Southern Terminus at the Mexican border (just outside of San Diego) to the Northern Terminus in EC Manning Park, BC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I spent the months preceding researching and purchasing ultralight gear and getting familiar with the towns and stops along the way, but there is no amount of reading that can prepare you for the real thing. The first section is the desert of Southern California. Even in the early parts of the year the temperature is hot and water sources are scarce. Reading previous logs on available streams and trickles really highlights the impact of climate change in this region, with each year seemingly drier than the one previous. I was averaging 15-20 miles per day in this section and was constantly making changes to the weight I was carrying and the food I was eating. Fancy meals and dehydrated foods turned into pop tarts, wraps, and instant noodles with instant mashed potatoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n