colorado trail
Colorado Trail: No Feeling is Final, Just Keep Going.
God speaks to each of us as (s)he makes us, then walks with us silently out of the night. These are the words we dimly hear: You, sent out beyond...
Colorado Trail: Hitching, Hope Pass, and Heartache
I used to feel awkward in this position; thumb out, hip cocked, chin up with a wide smile for passing drivers. Embarrassed and personally wounded by each rejection as cars...
Colorado Trail: Panic! At The Grocery Store
One moment, I was trying to decide which protein bars I wanted and what to pack for dinner, the next I was on the floor trying to fight against a...
CT: Leadville and The Colorado Trail House
I didn’t have to walk very far to the Colorado Trail House but when I came upon it, I stood stunned on the street. The Trail House was an enormous...
Colorado Trail: trailmances are like never-ending first dates
Trails are an exotic and transient world where connections form quickly, burn brightly, and then abruptly extinguish.
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...