Two nights out of grants and we are at the second water cache just after the malpais. Thanks trail angels! Feeling a little haggard this evening. Likely cause is only drinking a liter since lunch and hiking without break. We kept booking it because the going was slow across the lava fields. In terms of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘backpacking’
El Malpais on the CDT
Posted in Continental Divide Trail, tagged backpacking, cdt, continental divide trail, thruhike, thruhiking, triple crown, ultralight backpacking on December 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Grants, New Mexico Hiking
Posted in Continental Divide Trail, tagged backpacking, cdt, continental divide trail, thruhike, thruhiking, ultralight backpacking on December 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m in Grants, at the library, where you have to “read” seven pages about the rules before you can get on the computer. We’re buying tickets. Tickets home. Oh no, oh gosh. I’ll be flying to Las Vegas a day before my birthday, then work three days later. Good thing that “re-entry” is backpacking for [...]
A dispatch from Circle A Ranch
Posted in Continental Divide Trail, tagged backpacking, cdt, continental divide trail, thruhike, thruhiking, triple crown, ultralight backpacking on December 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I just wrote a big post and lost it all. Curse you new smartphone! But still, I love it. The hiking is grand. Northern New Mexico is forest. Rich wildlife, some red cliffs, fall colors, meadows, creeks… Sky Islands as they’re called. When I pull myself off the couch, we’ll be hiking into the real [...]
Northern New Mexico on the CDT
Posted in Continental Divide Trail, tagged backpacking, cdt, continental divide trail, thruhike, thruhiking, triple crown, ultralight backpacking on December 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve done it. I’ve walked the US segment of the Rockies. I’m in the desert. It’s fantastic. In Lake City, Pagosa Springs, and Chama we wanted to zero, and didn’t. Walk while it’s blue out. Get out of these mountains. The trail register at the Chama post office showed me that many southbounders arrive in [...]
Hiking the San Juans on the CDT
Posted in Continental Divide Trail, tagged backpacking, cdt, continental divide trail, thruhike, thruhiking, triple crown, ultralight backpacking on December 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
That blue sky weather. That beautiful blue sky weather. Must keep hiking. Can’t stop. Lost and I cowerd in a cave, quickly ate a thousand calories before we chilled, donned fleeces under our rain gear and got moving as soon as we could. Before Pagosa Springs, the weather demons of the gulf sent a squall [...]
A little beat up.
Posted in Continental Divide Trail, tagged backpacking, cdt, continental divide trail, thruhike, thruhiking, triple crown, ultralight backpacking on December 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Cold, cold wind. Thank goodness that’s over. We had a deep blue drop down the weather map this week. Considering we were on high exposed, windy ridges, it was cold. I’m now in Breckenridge with a friend. Lost is ahead in Leadville. Colorado is mountainous and beautiful. It’s a little warmer. Hiking is good. Life [...]
The Northern Colorado Rockies on the CDT
Posted in Continental Divide Trail, tagged backpacking, cdt, continental divide trail, thruhike, thruhiking, triple crown, ultralight backpacking on December 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve taken to giving eachother high-fives. “High-Five, We’re Alive!”. Maybe my mom and grandmother shouldn’t read this… After 1400 miles, I’m sore. Incredibly sore. And it’s for a specific reason. Two days ago, Lost and I ran down a mountain. We were on the summit of Parkview Mountain when I saw a bolt of lightning [...]
Northern Colorado on the CDT
Posted in Continental Divide Trail, tagged backpacking, cdt, continental divide trail, thruhike, thruhiking, triple crown, ultralight backpacking on December 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve hit some more milestones. I’m done with Wyoming, and am now in Colorado. I’ve also hiked more than half of the CDT. Hiking with Lost still. Our styles match pretty well. We still make the miles, but it doesn’t feel like a death march. That’s good. Camped out near the highway last night. Pulled [...]
The Great Divide Basin on the CDT
Posted in Continental Divide Trail, tagged backpacking, cdt, continental divide trail, thruhike, thruhiking, triple crown, ultralight backpacking on December 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Lost and I blasted through the Red Desert and the Great Divide Basin. Took a scenic alternate along the Sweetwater River instead of a shorter, official CDT road walk. Nearly the rest of the segment was road walking though. Surprisingly, road walking was very enjoyable. These are old jeep tracks mostly. Roads that are either [...]
Lander, WY
Posted in Continental Divide Trail, tagged backpacking, cdt, continental divide trail, thruhike, thruhiking, triple crown, ultralight backpacking on December 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s 6:30am and I’m up. That’s normal, I do that every day. But one of the great things about waking up early in town is that while I’ve got a kick start on the day, the rest of reality is still on it’s slow schedule. So here I am, spending time on my hotel’s computer, [...]
