Trail Name “Boomerang” Retired Military Officer, World Traveler, Chef, and aspiring Thru Hiker. Taking the all-of-the-above approach to not growing old gracefully and living the quiet life in Montana. My wife and I have a small ranch and 18 horses and mules. I thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2024 and completed a portion of The Continental Divide Trail SOBO from Chief Mountain into the Bob Marshall Wilderness and came off trail for foot surgery. In 2025 I walked the 560 miles from France to the coast of Spain on the Camino Frances in two phases due to illness and hiked NOBO from Crazy Cook to Highway 12 in New Mexico before having the screws removed from my foot from the 2024 surgery, effectively ending my hiking year. In November,2025 I underwent 6 ½ hours of sinus and nose surgery to repair decades of damage and after 10 weeks of healing went back to Spain to walk the Camino Frances again in January, 2026. Once again Belorado, Spain, birthplace of my last name, brought ill luck and I returned home and underwent a total knee replacement in late March, 2026. It is my intention to continue SOBO on the CDT from my last miles near Helena, Montana and finish back at Highway 12 in NM before returning home and hiking the Bob Marshall Wilderness and Glacier National Park again to complete my second long trail. We'll see what the far side of the year will bring.