About Hiking With My Brother

Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, our enthusiasm for the outdoors was cultivated at a young age by trips to the Columbia River Gorge, Bend, Mt. Rainier, Mt. St. Helens, etc. After college we sought out a new challenge and decided to tackle Mt. Rainier. After months of training we’d reached our goal and attained Columbia Crest on September 7^th, 2008. 

In the weeks that followed we resolved to keep up our training regimen of weekly hikes to stay in shape.   Idle trail talk led us to set a goal for ourselves: explore all the hikes in Harvey Manning and Ira Spring’s 55 Hikes around Snoqualmie Pass.  Before long, we decided it would be fun to track our progress, and hikingwithmybrother.com was born. 

The website has improved a great deal over the years.  Our trip reports focus on recommending hikes we like, detailing the pitfalls, capturing the essence of the hike in pictures, and striving to give a little extra background to the hikes we do.  We’ve moved beyond the confines of Snoqualmie Pass, while still working toward our original goal.  Along the way we've met a lot of hikers and outdoor lovers, as well as partnering with Backpacker Magazine, Seattle Times, and WTA. Today we continue to hike almost every week, but we no longer do it simply for the exercise, we also do it for everyone that follows hikingwithmybrother.com and enjoys up-to-date trail reports, out of the way destinations, and adventuresome hikes.

We hope you like what we've put together for you here at hikingwithmybrother.com and use us as a resource in the future.  Please feel free to drop us a line at hikingwithmybrother@gmail.com.

-Nathan and Jer