colorado trail
CT: 6/16/22
6/16/22 Cold. High. Quiet. All good. Hitched to TH. West to East. Durango on the Western Slope to Watertown Canyon on the Eastern. Took off. Alone. Wearing gloves, long pants,...
Colorado Trail Training
3/09/22 Training. KN and her rescue mutt, Jewel, accompany me as I train for CT, June, 22 CT. The best way for training is just doing it. Eh? So, I...
Colorado Trail 2022 Prep-N Brown
2/27/22. As a total neurotic, I have to plan for everything on the almost 600-mile Colorado Trail starting in June, 2022. Having generated a spreadsheet for everything, I will hike...
How The Metalhead Hiker Got Destroyed: Colorado Trail/CDT Thru Hike To Be Continued
My Colorado Trail, CDT, Thru Hike Attempt
We Done Did It
We finished the Colorado Trail yesterday! 487 miles in 21 days. After leaving Lake City we had one tough day with a bunch of climbs and then a few days...
Seeing it thru
I’m writing right now as a means of processing and coping with the news of all California National Forest land closing due to wildfires, and as a reflection of my...
5 Shorter Thru-Hikes for 2021: Trails Brace for Increased Use
With COVID-19 far from over, many are rethinking their plans to thru-hike any of the Triple Crown trails this year. This comes after the Appalachian Trail asked hikers to limit...
CT Part 1- Into Breck
I'm sitting in Breckenridge eating fresh-baked goods (ordered wearing a mask, of course) and feeling fortunate to not be out in the afternoon thunderstorms. With COVID-19 still widespread, I'm
The Colorado Trail Takes My Breath Away!
False Starts I flew to Denver on July 12 and stayed withan old family friend for a few days to give myself a chance to adjust to the altitude. I...
Don’t Hate Me!
How I Spent My Winter Vacation Turns out I did tear my rotator cuff last August. The cortisone injections got me through Maine, but it started to act up in...