Mountaineer · Long-Distance Hiker
Toby
Johnston
Chasing summits across the Americas — on foot, above the cloud line, one ridge at a time.
About
Built for the long way up
I started with weekend hikes near home and kept going until the weekends turned into months. Since then I've stood on volcanic summits in Central America, crossed glacial valleys in Patagonia, and walked the length of the Pacific Crest Trail — Mexico to Canada, one step at a time.
I'm drawn to routes that ask something of you: early starts, thin air, weather that changes its mind halfway up. This site is where I keep the record — the summits behind me, and whatever ridge comes next.
6,088m
Highest summit
2,650mi
PCT, end to end
4
Countries climbed
Expeditions & Achievements
The record so far
Five months on foot from the southern terminus at the Mexican border to the northern terminus on the Canadian line. Desert, granite, smoke season, and everything in between — the long way, the whole way.
Two of the most exposed massifs on the continent in one trip. Glacial lakes under the towers, a sudden snowstorm on an exposed ridgeline, and sunrise turning the Fitz Roy range the colour of embers.
An overnight climb above the cloud line to watch neighbouring Volcán de Fuego erupt at a safe distance, then a pre-dawn summit push to catch the sunrise from the top.
A pre-dawn glacier climb with crampons and rope, finishing on a knife-edge summit ridge as the sun came up over the Cordillera Real. My highest summit to date.
More routes added as they happen.
