The Trail Provides: A Boy's Memoir of Thru-Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail

The trail is his last chance.

Jobless and yearning for a life less ordinary, David is thrown a lifeline.

His daring and impulsive college fraternity brother Bradley offers a bold proposition:

thru-hike the Pacific Crest Trail, all 2,650 miles of it—from Mexico to Canada—barefoot.

The two inexperienced hopefuls abandon society and plunge into a soul-searching sojourn.

As nature tests their mettle and tensions mount, they find themselves racing against the looming threat of winter.

David and Bradley's odyssey unfolds with raw honesty, leaving behind the mundane for a path that could change everything.

"An unfiltered, raw, adventure-filled trek."
—Barney "Scout" Mann, author of Journeys North

"From detailed depictions of the environment to illustrations of hikertrash counterculture, thru-hiking is thoroughly illuminated."
—Heather "Anish" Anderson, author of Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home and Mud, Rocks, Blazes: Letting Go on the Appalachian Trail

"It is the inward journey where I think this book shines."
—Mary E Davison, Triple Crown hiker plus other trails, author of Old Lady on the Trail and Aren't You Afraid?

The Trail Provides is an inspiring thru-hiking memoir; a transformative journey of camaraderie, hard-earned wisdom, and the collision of dreams with reality. It was featured in Crossing Paths, a Pacific Crest Trail anthology, alongside renowned authors like Cheryl Strayed, Barney “Scout” Mann, Carrot Quinn, & more.

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