Bloggers
Surprise Slack Pack in Silverthorne
This morning 9 Lives and I woke up pretty early. Last night I was talking to Switch, a thru hiker and triple crowner who I met at Appalachian Trail days...
CDT: Finishing Montana, Finally
I woke in Lima raring to go. I had less than 150 miles to the Wyoming border. The driver who shuttled us back to the trail head regaled us with...
Big Sky, Full Hearts, Cold Toes: CDT Days 146-155+
Welcome to our home stretch on the CDT! Our final ten days on trail were full of challenge and beauty. After skipping the Wind River Range for now due to...
More Dangerous Moose Encounters By The Minute
Last night for the first time on this entire trip, my sleeping pad started deflating overnight. That would lead me to believe that I have a pinhole in it somewhere....
Getting Charged By a Bull Moose
This morning I got up fairly early and began packing up. Sparkle and her buddy Snacks are going to pick us up around 9:30am and take us back to the...
A Lazy Day in Leadville
Even though last night I didn’t go to bed until sometime after 4am, I still wound up getting up around 7:30am this morning. I was feeling pretty groggy though. After...
Reuniting with Hikers From Every Trail
Last night I was perfectly comfortable inside of the warming hut. The lights would stay off for a decent amount of time here and there. But because they were motion...
Birthdays and Dangerous Bull Moose Encounters
Last night Sparkle had talked about waking up around 5:30am so that we could be hiking sometime around 6-6:30am. I heard her getting up around that time and decided to...
Night Hiking After Losing Your Headlamp
This morning everyone slept a little bit at the room. Even though we have to hike out today and do about a marathon, we still didn’t have a super early...
Taking a Mental Health Day Off Trail
This morning I woke up at the room around 7am. I could see that 9 Lives was already up doing some work on her phone. We both have so much...