Diné backpacker Jeremy Barney finishes the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail
Submitted | Jeremy Barney
Jeremy Barney sits at the Northern Terminus monument of the Pacific Crest Trail on the U.S.-Canada border in Washington’s Pasayten Wilderness after completing the 2,650-mile trek from Mexico to Canada on Sept. 16, 2025.
By Nolan Bruno
Special to the Times
WINDOW ROCK
Despite multiple surgeries, long stretches of solitude and relentless mosquitoes, Diné backpacker Jeremy Barney has completed the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail.
Barney, originally from New Mexico and raised on the East Coast, started on May 17, 2025, and finished on Sept. 16, 2025. The unbroken path runs from Campo, California, to the Canada–United States border in the Pasayten Wilderness of Washington. The PCT is a scenic hiking and equestrian trail that crosses stark deserts, deep forests and high alpine country.
He walked through three states and some of the most remote, physically demanding terrain in the country.
To read the full article, please see the Oct. 23, 2025, edition of the Navajo Times.
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