Bryan Walsh

My name is Bryan. For the past three years, I’ve been on a journey self discovery that has taken me to and through some wild places. I thru-hiked the Pacific Crest Trail in 2016 and the Appalachian Trail in 2017. In 2018 I hiked about 1000 miles of the CDT before deciding to discontinue that trail. Now I'm gearing up to take the CDT on again in 2019. The Trails have become such an integral part of my self where there is an off Trail self and an on Trail self that are distinct and my intention with this Trail and this blog is to consolidate those two selves. So thanks for checking out my journey! Hope the pictures will be pretty at least

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The End: And That’s How You Finish the Goddamn CDT

The End: And That’s How You Finish the Goddamn CDT

I’m holding back tears sitting in the airport writing this up as I wait for my flight. Thinking about how to finish. Thinking over the past few days

Sep 19, 2019 : Bryan Walsh
Rainy Days in the Bob: The Road to Glacier

Rainy Days in the Bob: The Road to Glacier

Sitting in East Glacier Park waiting until our permitted day to enter. Only Glacier National Park is left. A hundred miles of crown jewel hiking lies

Sep 10, 2019 : Bryan Walsh
Dry Burn Areas along the Divide

Dry Burn Areas along the Divide

Heading into the Bob Marshall Wilderness to East Glacier. Permits are gotten, flight is booked, the end is in sight. Levels of surrealism arise as

Sep 5, 2019 : Bryan Walsh
The Calm Before the Storm: Nearing the End

The Calm Before the Storm: Nearing the End

Almost done. Two towns lie between me and the Northern Terminus. The resupply options aren’t the best so we’ve sent packages there. The trail gods

Aug 29, 2019 : Bryan Walsh
The Numerous Zeroes and Passes of the Pintler

The Numerous Zeroes and Passes of the Pintler

The end is in sight. It feels a bit surreal. Montana has been so far away for so long and now I’m here. Part of me is ready to be done and part of me

Aug 25, 2019 : Bryan Walsh
Morale Ascension, Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Trail

Morale Ascension, Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Trail

Around 500 miles left. Leaving the Idaho-Montana border to hike up through just Montana to the Canada border. Morale has gone through some changes,

Aug 19, 2019 : Bryan Walsh
Hints of Burnout: This Is a Really Long Trail

Hints of Burnout: This Is a Really Long Trail

I’m just under 2,000 miles in, and I still have about 700 miles left. I definitely am feeling a sense of burnout at this point. Though the views

Aug 13, 2019 : Bryan Walsh
Geysers, Border Crossings, and Old Friends

Geysers, Border Crossings, and Old Friends

I’ve made it to the Idaho/Montana border. Less than 1,000 miles to go, which doesn’t seem seem like much. Even though it’s still around a month of

Aug 6, 2019 : Bryan Walsh
New Shoes, Windy Views

New Shoes, Windy Views

Done with the Wind River Range. This has been the most beautiful section I’ve ever hiked. The views are truly incredible. I’m sad that it’s over but

Jul 27, 2019 : Bryan Walsh
Crossing a State Line!!!!!

Crossing a State Line!!!!!

Finally made it to Wyoming! I made it to the spot I flipped up to for the Basin. Now we’re heading up to South Pass City at the end of the Basin to

Jul 19, 2019 : Bryan Walsh