CDT Days 31 & 32: Tricky Transitions
Thank you for your patience as I catch back up to posting regularly. Excuse any grammar errors in this one, this is how it was written on trail. đź–¤ Day...
CDT Days 28-30: Cuba to Ghost Ranch
Day 28: Back to the Trail I awoke around 4 a.m. and floated through the early morning, my flight out of Southern California going smoothly. After a layover in...
Joy’s CDT Gear List
I am a hiker that if I can't access it while hiking, I probably won't stop and take off my pack to get it. I have had bad chaffing, blisters,...
Part Seventeen: Howdy, Old Friend
I. Perspective Saturday, September 7th - near Grand Lake, Rocky Mountains National Park The sun had yet to crest the ridge, and a blue-tinged darkness still occupied the meadow and
The Long Drive Home
It's a different way to live. So many people live so many different ways and I chose the one with a lot of walking. It's funny how in the in-between,...
Day By Day: Frisco to Grand Lake
There is something called an “Alpine Boost” in the hiking and climbing community. It’s the motivation one gets when they get above tree line. The beauty of the now visable...
Glacier National Park pt. 1
Day 1 Awaiting a Start Today was a near dumpster fire. The itch to be on trail was strong. Samurai left early to the border with Costanza while Zoe and...
CDT + GDT: Twin Lakes to Silverthorne / Breckenridge – Decision Making in the Snow
Resupply 11 | Twin Lakes to Silverthorne / Breckenridge Day 44, 20 miles. Today I had to make a decision. Should I follow Slide down the Silverthorne alternate which is...
Carried into Colorado: Storms, Missing Cyclist & San Juans
There’s something about the mountains, they don’t just call, they pull. Over the past week, I didn’t so much hike as I was carried by the land itself. The wind...
The Arizona Trail: How to get to Las Vegas
Part 23 Stateline Campground to Looking Glass Basecamp "The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone,...