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CDT day 32 – 35: leaving Lima
Totally into Tetons? A famous alternate begs planning and decision making. Day 32 Fred and I are sitting in front of the laundry room which has
CDT town Lima – like the bean
Welcome to Lima - not in Peru but in Idaho. The second idaho stop on the CDT. A state where hitch hiking is illegal but the locals are here to help out.
CDT Leadore to Lima
Harsh hiking in the Idaho-Montana section: heat, bloodsucking vampires and: smoke on the horizon. But the sky has a sweet surprise for us.
Heatwave and dirt: CDT Darby to Leadore
Day 24 Dirty days Everything is sticky with sweat, sticky with dirt. I stare at the roof of my tent. The fine dust from hiking in burn scars seep
CDT mile 437-620, Anaconda to Darby
Idaho border calling and my first trail magic Day 19, leaving storm lake pass The Anaconda-Pintler wilderness surprises me with her beauty, plenty
CDT day 18: Stop walking, start thru hiking
After taking a break and then getting back on the CDT, I was facing mixed feelings and more solitude than I wanted. But who can I hike with?
A second chance for the CDT?
„There you are“, she says, her tone is jeering. It’s not a warm welcome. As if she knew I couldn’t stay away. And she isn’t wrong, is she? I bite my
Is the CDT the PCT‘s younger sister?
I had expected the CDT to fill this PCT-sized hole in my chest. And, being 450 miles longer, it should fit and do that job. It didn’t.
Cowboys and Hikers on the CDT
Leaving the Bob Marshall Wilderness behind, meeting cowboys and making new friends - but when does the CDT feel like a thru hike?
The hardest day on trail so far
After a smooth start in Glacier, the CDT surprised us with a gnarly snow storm in the Bob.