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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션 얀센은 프리랜서 작가이자 옐로스톤 국립공원에서 계절별로 야생지대를 안내하는 가이드입니다. 가이드를 쉬는 시즌에는 퍼시픽 크레스트 트레일 하이킹부터 최근의 멕시코 바하 반도 스탠드업 패들링 여행에 이르기까지 다양한 탐험에 참여합니다. 알코올 중독에서 회복한 후 밴으로 이사한 그는 송어낚시, 울트라 마라톤 훈련, 파도가 치지 않는 해안을 찾아다니며 시간을 보내고 있습니다. 야생과 야생의 장소에 대한 열정을 가진 그는 종종 펜과 종이를 들고 여행을 떠나 자신이 좋아하는 야외 레크리에이션 활동이 도움이 필요한 환경 보호 및 환경 분야에 환원할 수 있는 방법을 찾습니다.

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