On top of Mt. Baden Powell. Look at that smile! Today was a milestone for JZ as he’s been on the trail for over 100 days now. 102 down, about 120 to go.
Mexico - 4/5/12
Strangeties. Mexico - 4/5/12
The open road. Mexico - 4/5/12
Mexico - 4/4/12
Mexico - 4/4/12
Current location vs Blog location
John here.
It is May 7 and I have hiked 369.5 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail and am currently in Wrightwood, CA getting 90 miles worth of food.
The blog is currently right around March 30, my second day in Mexico, when I was finally able to really handle going through the dusty and hectic cities.
The trail is glorious and I have been documenting it heavily. Although there is a very large delay between my finger triggering the shutter and my sister’s finger clicking publish, all the most remarkable moments will eventually make it onto this world wide web.
Happy trails
-John
Mexico - 3/29/12
0:00 “So I am in Mexico. Today was absolutely crazy. I crossed the border and—I don’t know, I didn’t—nobody looked at my passport or id or anything. I was just kind of walking, and then I was like ‘what!’ It was just—I was in a different world. It was just crazy. I’d never been to Mexico before or any real foreign country. It was really overwhelming and I had no idea where I was going and I just knew that everybody had said how dangerous Tijuana was.”
4:38 “It was a pretty intense day. It’s pretty crazy to think that yesterday I was waking up in a downtown loft and then now I’m here. But as it gets to be more natural, it feels like home. Being outside among nature like I am right now—it’s easy to forget that you’re in Mexico and it’s just the world.”
San Diego to Mexico - 3/29/12
March 31, 2012. El Salto, Mexico.
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Hey friends, Izzie Zahorian here and I will be guest posting in John’s absence while he’s hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. The last time we spoke was about two weeks ago and he had gone 78 miles, on foot. I’ll leave you guys with a quote from our talk:
April 19, 2012 - 5:18 pm
me: mom said the trail is AWESOME
tell me more!johnzahorian@gmail.com: it’s awesome!huge viewscool peopleand i am so in the momentreally finding my zen on the traili realized yesterday when i was figuring out the percentage that we had completed to four significant figures that that was the first time that i had really zoned out on the traili am always focusing on the trail and my foot placement or the immense views around me or whatever else is happeningit’s really greatand the people here in my first town stop are suuuuuper nice to hikersjust got a free piece of pie and ice cream and milk from some famous pie shop
me: woah johnthat sounds so great
johnzahorian@gmail.com: yeah it is
me: i love what you said about focusing on one foot in front of the other and losing yourself
johnzahorian@gmail.com: i feel like i am not losing myselfi totally am myselfi’m totally in the present
me: where are you!? right now?
johnzahorian@gmail.com: julian ca78 miles walkedout of 2627
