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Day 23: Bees & Trees
The bees love me. I’ve been thinking about them all day, listening to their mechanical sounds when I stop for water and am immediately inundated by
Day 19: Alpacas! Benches! Bathrooms! Oh my
We started our day with a ten mile water carry. The clouds overhead made for shady climbing. And wow, was there climbing. I know the elevation gain
Day 16, 19 Miles: I am hot
We get a late start, per usual. I stop by the privy which doesn’t close from the inside. It’s remarkably clean and I enjoy the sliver of blue
Day 16, 19 Miles: I am hot
We get a late start, per usual. I stop by the privy which doesn’t close from the inside. It’s remarkably clean and I enjoy the sliver of blue
Day 14: 0 Miles, Lots of Smiles
I’m laying in our tent tonight feeling restless, and eager to return to trail. Whether people admit it or not, it’s easy to compare your hike to
Days 10-12: Bob Marshall Wilderness
Day 10: 25 Miles The first ten miles of terrain is flat, but my shoulders are killing me from the weight of a full pack. I eat despite
Day 9: 22 Miles
Droobie had been up since 4am. He began crinkling his belongings into his bag at around 6am. I knew he did this to wake us up for our first long
Day 6: Hail yeah
calm before the ridgeline I woke up to my alarm: a trail rarity, but necessary with the weather window we were working with. We had
Day 5: I am cold
I woke up reset, and determined to hike out to two medicine, as I knew the general store sold pizza and we only had 15 miles of hiking to our next
Microspikes & Marmots
We started our day with a hitch back to trail, not as early as I would have liked but not totally unreasonable. We only had thirteen miles, how