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Day 10: Silver City to the Gila River Alternate
I absolutely LOVED Silver City, and would highly recommend it to any thruhiker for a zero day due to its charm and walkability. Today I spent more time resting until...
CDT Days 8 & 9: A Long Road Walk to Self Care
I woke up limping and stiff, but dragged myself down the long dirt road and then highway walk from Burro Mountain homestead to Silver City. I'm writing this from a...
CDT Day 7: Up into the Oaks
Seeing the oaks and the rock outcroppings unfold into hills and even a peak (Burro Peak) on this day was exhilarating and freeing. Finally, I'd made it up above the...
Day 6: 100 Miles and a Bull
After running into Bullwinkle while grabbing some ace bandages on the way out of town, I stopped in the shade of the library to do some warm-up stretches. I'd realized...
CDT Days 3-5: Hachita to Lordsburg
For being in the absolute middle of nowhere in it's purest form, I thought Hachita was quite the town and I'm surprised that every hiker doesn't stop there. Even the...
CDT Day 2: Riding the Wave
The strong breezes and clouds made most of the second day surprisingly tolerable. Though I had a lazy morning pulling my heat-affected self off of the tarp I'd thrown down...
CDT Day 1: Neopolitan Dreams
The Adventure Begins! It didn’t take long to be thrust right into the trials of the trail. The very last trail shuttle of the NOBO season didn’t drop us off...
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...
A Father’s Send Off Speech to His Daughter
Today’s guest writer is my father. When I hiked the PCT in 2023, my family sent me off at the southern terminus. My father wrote and delivered a speech for...
How I Prepared to Link Up the CDT + GDT: 3,700 Miles on the Divide
It seems there are many who have toyed with this idea, but ultimately given it up. Constraints with seasonal timing make a northbound attempt the most reasonable direction, but coordinating...