Madeline Gould

Hey, I'm Shady Grove. I'm a jack of some trades and a master of none, but my specialty is organic agriculture. When I'm not weeding or shoveling manure, I like to feed into my adventure problem. I flip-flopped the PCT in 2019, set out to fail but surprised myself and everyone else and somehow set an FKT on the Superior Hiking Trail in 2020, and thru-hiked NOBO on the AT in 2021. Now, I'm about to be triple crowning on the CDT in 2022. I was voted most stubborn and smelliest (even though I wasn't the one who didn't carry toilet paper) by my AT tramily, who also claimed that if I was an animal I'd either be a red panda, a raven, or a "non-aggressive wolf silently padding through snow". If you have ghost, cryptid, or alien stories from hikes you've done PM me on Instagram @shadydoesstuff.

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CDT Days 35-38: Pagosa Springs to Creede Cutoff

CDT Days 35-38: Pagosa Springs to Creede Cutoff

Day 35 16 miles We rolled out of town at 9am, catching a truck back up to Wolf Creek Pass without sticking a thumb out. Loaded down with 5

Jun 16, 2022 : Madeline Gould
CDT Days 23-34: Chama to Pagosa Springs

CDT Days 23-34: Chama to Pagosa Springs

Day 23-31 Shadowhawk's friend Paul picked us up from the Motel 6 in Grants, NM at 9am and we all clambered into the minivan, except Shadowhawk, who

Jun 8, 2022 : Madeline Gould
CDT Days 18-22: Trail Closures and Becoming a Thru-hiker

CDT Days 18-22: Trail Closures and Becoming a Thru-hiker

Day 18  Zero Day in Pie Town  Shadowhawk talks with local author, Uncle River, while sorting his resupply at the Toaster

May 26, 2022 : Madeline Gould
CDT Days 12-17 Doc Campbell’s to Pie Town

CDT Days 12-17 Doc Campbell’s to Pie Town

Day 12 23 miles The first few hours flew by in the Gila, morning light illuminated the cliffs and turned the river into molten gold. Pairs of

May 21, 2022 : Madeline Gould
CDT Days 8-11 Silver City to Doc Campbell’s

CDT Days 8-11 Silver City to Doc Campbell’s

Day 8 Zero day  Silver City was a great town for a zero day; food Co-op, library, coffee shops, and a brewery. What else does a hiker

May 13, 2022 : Madeline Gould
CDT Days 5-8 Lordsburg to Silver City

CDT Days 5-8 Lordsburg to Silver City

Day 5 9 miles There are few better feelings on trail than waking up in a hotel bed, walking across the street to the gas station for a large

May 4, 2022 : Madeline Gould
CDT Days 1-4 Crazy Cook to Lordsburg

CDT Days 1-4 Crazy Cook to Lordsburg

Day 1 17 miles My tramily and I left Lordsburg, NM at 6:30am in the CDT shuttle, a rented pickup truck driven by a man who introduced himself

Apr 30, 2022 : Madeline Gould
Packing Resupply Boxes for the CDT

Packing Resupply Boxes for the CDT

My Past Resupply Strategies In less than one week, I will be standing at the southern terminus of the CDT, ready to set out Northbound on my

Apr 23, 2022 : Madeline Gould