Two-thousand six hundred and sixty selfies, and one memorable storm that nearly got the best of him.

You might have that many selfies after years using an iPhone, or weeks being a narcissist, but reason for having thousands of pictures of his face is more meaningful.

One of many selfies taken on the trail.

(Andy Davidhazy )

In May 2013, Davidhazy set out to solo hike the Pacific Crest Trail, which spans over 2,700 miles and touches both the Mexican and Canadian borders with the United States.

To humanize the experience and keep a record of the changes he experienced, Davidhazy snapped a selfie every mile he walked, and the result is a .

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For the designer and filmmaker, the trip's most daunting aspect, both physically and mentally, was dealing with the weather.

“I was committed to snubbing my nose at the weather," Davidhazy said in an interview with weather.com.

Two hundred and fifty miles from the end of the line, weather snubbed the designer-turned-selfie-innovator. Past Washington State's Snoqualmie Pass, intense snowstorms in early October made it impossible for Davidhazy to continue and he was forced to disembark off the trail and finish the trip on conventional roadways leading to Canada.

Hikers routinely go missing near Snoqualmie Pass due to snowstorms. Just last October,who had been lost in the wilderness for three days surviving off mushrooms, KOMO News reports.

A self-described control freak, Davidhazy said that dealing with the fact that severe weather could strike at any moment was difficult. At the beginning of the journey, the main issue was dealing with the brutal heat of the desert during the day and its equally brutal cold nights.

To prepare for his trip, Davidhazy jumped right in and gave himself three weeks.

“Most people plan for months, if not years, to do it," Davidhazy said.

That meant talking to hikers who'd completed the trail and some logistical finesse. Supply-wise, Davidhazy traveled as light as possible for the months-long journey.

Luckily, Davidhazy made it to the Canadian border, some five and a half months after first stepping out of his comfort zone and starting his transformative project.

Davidhazy's time-lapse video, featuring a song from musician Martin Sexton, follows his entire journey on the trail, which you can .

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