Trail Update
Week 18- Entering the Whites and 1800 Miles
Day 120 I packed up all my gear and after breakfast headed back on the trail solo. It was bummer again to be on the trail alone after having hiked...
The Continental Divide Trail: Colorado
Finally! We made it to Colorado. After the fire closures in Carson and Santa Fe National Forests, lots of hikers were forced to skip up to Chama, New Mexico or...
The Inescapable Coronavirus: PCT Days 47-50
Day 47. Miles: 18.0 Total: 784.3 I'm the first out of camp, but I take the first side trail back to the PCT. Feathers takes the JMT, and we arrive...
An Overdue Homage to Smugness
Smugness! 823 miles down, and I feel it necessary to make clear some things that may not have been explicitely and accurately represented in my previous posts. For those who...
SoBos in vortex
I have made it to Washington! My start date was two days ago, but here we are still waiting in the SoBo vortex. I flew to Seattle via Reykjavik. It...
Decisions, decisions.
Our first 0, unusual but enjoyable!
Someone Told Me Later the Snowpack is 500% (PNT pt. 5)
Intro Madness is something that creeps along the edges. It is a shadow in our periphery. A phantom. Some of us are born of it, and others will seek it...
Don’t Forget to Enjoy the Little Things (PNT pt. 4)
Walking out of Polebridge. Enjoy the Rain In the night a thunderstorm rolled lethargically through the valley. Little rain came of it, but the boom of thunder came from directly...
Days 101-103 The Race to Harper’s Ferry
Over the span of 9 days, 5 were 20+ mile days. I did not love it. We are incredibly proud of ourselves but dang my feet hurt. We are definitely...
Mountain cold
6/30 Lousy technology along Trail. Maybe it's my phone. A good map and compass preferable anyway. Scenery: other worldly. Forgot how cold is the long night. I crawl from the...