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The Continental Divide Trail: The Toaster House in Pie Town, NM: After Nita.
Part 52 Just Takers "That which is common to the greatest number has the least care bestowed upon it." — Aristotle, Politics November, 2025 Over forty years ago a wife...
Week 16 on the CDT
Elevation gain since last update: 6,314m/20,715ft Total elevation gain so far: 106,739m/350,193ft (equivalent of 12.1 Everests) Southern San Juans The final section of Colorado
15. The Road to Soup
We stood on the porch and watched the rain. The gutters ran and the lawn was a marsh. The puddles became many, and then grew and joined, and became few...
Silver City Onward: On the CDT in New Mexico
We left from Silver City, me sporting new shoes. I was cautiously optimistic, hoping that I'd find some relief from the gnarly blisters I had acquired since the beginning of...
Week 15 on the CDT
Elevation gain since last update: 6,158m/20,203ft Total elevation gain so far: 100,425m/329,478ft (equivalent of 11.3 Everests) Into the San Juans As we leave the Collegiate Peaks and
Colorado The Ass Kicker
Leaving Grand Lake In the morning i faff around at the visitor center, calling family and friends and sorting out my resupply. I end up leaving pretty late as a...
14. A Morning Howdy from the Mountain King
Can you hear it? That tapestry of sound that rolls across the empty morning, hanging in the frosty air. The sun is not yet up when he begins, but it...
Week 14 on the CDT
Elevation gain since last update: 9,402m/30,846ft Total elevation gain so far: 94,267m/309,275ft (equivalent of 10.6 Everests) Sidequests and Peak Bagging Central Colorado is where I
CDT Sobo Part 2: Finally, Actually Hiking in Glacier
Day 3, July 2: Reynold's Creek to Red Eagle Lake Mile 49.6 to 64.2 14.6 miles I leave camp for my first "real day" on the CDT! All the plants...
The Continental Divide Trail: The Cebolla Alternate.
Part 50 The Wind Eye "Most invented languages begin with invented names." — Ursula K. Le Guin Names are tricky things. They feel natural on the tongue, native to the...
