Preparations
Posted by Robert Singley on Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Now that I've hiked from Maine to Georgia on the Appalachian Trail, finished composing "Walking Towards the Sun" and am about to head to Vancouver to defend the composition (it is my DMA thesis) against a crew of academics, I am planning a thru-hike of the Pacific Crest Trail.
"Walking Towards the Sun" is a series of musical meditations on my AT hike. It is as massive (ca. 9 hours) and idealistic as the Appalachian Trail. People tell me it transports them. I think that the music is an environment. By spending my time hiking in wilderness, I'm trying to internalize the experience so strongly that it inherently sinks into all of my work.
The next logical step seems to be to hike the Pacific Crest and write a second composition based on it. I'm thinking orchestra.
I'm leaving for Vancouver June 1st, taking the train. My thesis defense is June 6. Then I'm going to shop for an ice axe and head to the border of Washington and Canada. The north cascades will be snow covered. The creeks will be running rapid and deep. I'm expecting the first several hundred miles to be especially remote, rugged, and difficult. It will be a blast. I've quit my job and am prepared to hike all the way to Mexico.
You can send me mail along the way. Here is my list of mail drops, along with ETA. Send me postcards and food!
Bob Singley,
Hold for SOBO PCT hiker arriving ca. July 10 2014
c/o Kracker Barrel Store
48851 US Highway 12
Naches, WA 98937
Bob Singley,
Hold for SOBO PCT hiker arriving ca. July 24 2014
Timberline Lodge
c/o WY' East Store
27500 E. Timberline Rd.
Timberline Lodge, OR 97028
Bob Singley,
Hold for SOBO PCT hiker arriving ca. August 10
569 Mazama Village Drive
Crater Lake, OR 97604
Bob Singley
Hold for SOBO PCT hiker arriving ca. September 9
c/o Burney Park Camp Store
McArthur Burney Falls State Park
24900 State Highway 89
Burney, CA 96013
Bob Singley
Hold for SOBO PCT hiker arriving ca. October 8
c/o general delivery
Tuolumne Meadows
Yosemite National Park CA, 95389
Bob Singley
Hold for SOBO PCT hiker arriving ca. October 31
c/o Hikertown
26803 W. Ave. C-15
Lancaster, CA 93536
It would make me very happy to get exciting things in the mail!
This list is also a good guide for anyone who wants to join me for any period of time. I may move a bit faster; by all reports the PCT is an easier trail than the AT to cover miles in.
"Walking Towards the Sun" is a series of musical meditations on my AT hike. It is as massive (ca. 9 hours) and idealistic as the Appalachian Trail. People tell me it transports them. I think that the music is an environment. By spending my time hiking in wilderness, I'm trying to internalize the experience so strongly that it inherently sinks into all of my work.
The next logical step seems to be to hike the Pacific Crest and write a second composition based on it. I'm thinking orchestra.
I'm leaving for Vancouver June 1st, taking the train. My thesis defense is June 6. Then I'm going to shop for an ice axe and head to the border of Washington and Canada. The north cascades will be snow covered. The creeks will be running rapid and deep. I'm expecting the first several hundred miles to be especially remote, rugged, and difficult. It will be a blast. I've quit my job and am prepared to hike all the way to Mexico.
You can send me mail along the way. Here is my list of mail drops, along with ETA. Send me postcards and food!
Bob Singley,
Hold for SOBO PCT hiker arriving ca. July 10 2014
c/o Kracker Barrel Store
48851 US Highway 12
Naches, WA 98937
Bob Singley,
Hold for SOBO PCT hiker arriving ca. July 24 2014
Timberline Lodge
c/o WY' East Store
27500 E. Timberline Rd.
Timberline Lodge, OR 97028
Bob Singley,
Hold for SOBO PCT hiker arriving ca. August 10
569 Mazama Village Drive
Crater Lake, OR 97604
Bob Singley
Hold for SOBO PCT hiker arriving ca. September 9
c/o Burney Park Camp Store
McArthur Burney Falls State Park
24900 State Highway 89
Burney, CA 96013
Bob Singley
Hold for SOBO PCT hiker arriving ca. October 8
c/o general delivery
Tuolumne Meadows
Yosemite National Park CA, 95389
Bob Singley
Hold for SOBO PCT hiker arriving ca. October 31
c/o Hikertown
26803 W. Ave. C-15
Lancaster, CA 93536
It would make me very happy to get exciting things in the mail!
This list is also a good guide for anyone who wants to join me for any period of time. I may move a bit faster; by all reports the PCT is an easier trail than the AT to cover miles in.
Tags: pacific crest trail sobo
