How to Easily Lower your Base Weight: Calculate it Differently
I've been calculating base weight wrong this whole time. But it doesn't matter because it's kind of an arbitrary number.
Part Twelve: Lonesome Traveller
4:30 am. My alarm rang loudly in the peace of the night. I stood up and looked up, dipping my head into a sea of stars. “There!” I exclaimed silently....
The Gila Fades Behind
It’s hard to put into words the best parts of a thru-hike section. The most meaningful moments don’t always announce themselves, they just slip into the rhythm of the trail....
Day By Day: The Border to Silver City
Well, we made it through the first week on trail! On paper, the mileage and elevation profile seem pretty tame, though a lack of trail legs, shade and water challenged...
Day 19 Continental Divide Trail (CDT) 2025
The Pie Town road walk that wasn’t After mildly recovering from the long days going north to Highway 12 I woke up on day 19 and began to hitchhike back...
Days 11-15: The Start of the Gila and Trail Days
I have been looking forward to hiking the Gila River Alternate ever since I first heard my friend Daisy Chains describe it while hiking with her on the PCT. As...
Lessons of the Desert: CDT Part 1
My desert lessons learned from the first major section of the Continental Divide Trail.
Zero Miles, Infinite Snacks
What do hikers actually do on a zero day? You’d think “zero” means zero walking, but nope. It usually means racking up 10,000–12,000 steps between the coffee shop, the laundromat,...
CDT + GDT: Lordsburg to Silver City – Colored by a Cougar Encounter
Resupply 2 | Lordsburg to Silver City Day 4, 26.5 miles. I am actually writing this on day 5, because on day 4 I was too amped up to reflect...
The Storm Before the Sunshine
In the final weeks leading up to a major trip or change, time seems to fly by faster than a hurricane. It tends to feel just as chaotic too. Though...