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Upcoming Calendar Year Triple Crown
The perfect storm for a Calendar Year Triple Crown attempt starts like this...
The End: And That’s How You Finish the Goddamn CDT
I’m holding back tears sitting in the airport writing this up as I wait for my flight. Thinking about how to finish. Thinking over the past few days draws me...
Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail
Hello dedicated readers, hiker hopefuls, curious cubicle dwellers, seasoned striders of trail, sole-softened veterans, and armchair adventurists! Knots here, giving you all a sneak peek at my
Rainy Days in the Bob: The Road to Glacier
Sitting in East Glacier Park waiting until our permitted day to enter. Only Glacier National Park is left. A hundred miles of crown jewel hiking lies between me and the...
Passes and Storms in Montana’s Pintlers
The way out from Anaconda is a highway walk. Just like the way in, except longer, and with a few opportunities to slip onto parallel gravel roads instead. These quieter...
Dry Burn Areas along the Divide
Heading into the Bob Marshall Wilderness to East Glacier. Permits are gotten, flight is booked, the end is in sight. Levels of surrealism arise as the picture of the past...
The Calm Before the Storm: Nearing the End
Almost done. Two towns lie between me and the Northern Terminus. The resupply options aren’t the best so we’ve sent packages there. The trail gods smile upon me as the...
To Anaconda! In Which I Accidentally, Temporarily, Steal a Puppy
Before leaving Helena, I went for a last lunch with Giggles and Josh at LaPa Grill. They serve all kinds of nontraditional burrito-like things. After a few minutes of tremendous...
The Numerous Zeroes and Passes of the Pintler
The end is in sight. It feels a bit surreal. Montana has been so far away for so long and now I’m here. Part of me is ready to be...
Morale Ascension, Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Trail
Around 500 miles left. Leaving the Idaho-Montana border to hike up through just Montana to the Canada border. Morale has gone through some changes, as the landscape does as well....
