Hi from Durango, at the southern end of the Colorado Trail. I did it! We went straight from the trail to a Chinese food feast in a downtown Durango park, and now I’m clean, showered, and resting in a hotel bed. I’ll post a summary and reflection of the trail soon, but for now here’s…
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Hi from Silverton! What a funny place. On my nearo here I have enjoyed a great hearty breakfast and yummy pizza, tried to make a dent in the largest bag of popcorn known to man, and explored the small mining town, including “Notorious Blair Street,” a restored Wild West town street. It has been an…
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I’m actually in Steamboat I got off the trail on Saturday at mile 357 at Spring Creek Pass, about 17 miles from Lake City in southern Colorado. The plan was to take a nearo and head out again on Sunday. However, on the trail things (especially the weather) does not always go as planned. As…
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Hi from more than halfway down the CT! We are back in our trusty Salida hotel (shout out to the SureStay by Best Western!) for a quick town stopover before we head out again! We hiked 16 miles into town today so it hasn’t felt like a day off, but we got showers, resupplied good,…
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Hi from mile 216.5! We’re actually staying in Salida since it’s tourist season and hotel rooms are hard to come by, but we had a great dinner in BV last night. We’re relaxing and enjoying 2 (two!!!) days off to recuperate from our long days of challenging (yet amazing) hiking! Week 2: what’s been different…
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Hi from an Airbnb in downtown Frisco, a couple of miles off of mile marker 104.3. The last 5 days have been mainly super exciting, but of course with challenge and difficulty mixed in. We have hiked through a range of ecosystems and a range of temperatures, but it’s all been fun! It’s a small…
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Hi!! I said I’d be back for another long trail in the future, and now I am delivering. Next up: the Colorado Trail. I am heading off in less than a week, so no time like the present to offer some details. What is the Colorado Trail? The CT is a 485-mile hiking and bike-packing…
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It has been almost a month since I summited Mt. Katahdin on July 15th and finished my 131-day thru-hike. In all honesty, I’ve been putting off writing this post, because how do you distill 2200 miles worth of adventures into a succinct set of experiences and values? I don’t think that I even realize yet…
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Hi from Monson, Maine! I’m in my last state, in my last town, soaking in the last bit of civilization before heading out on my final push through the 100-mile wilderness to Katahdin. So far Maine has been amazing: not at all a break after the Whites but full of tough and technical climbs that…
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Hi from the White Mountains—I made it back home. This has been the most physically demanding section of trail I’ve experienced so far, but also the most rewarding and special. It has been incredible to get to come back to the section of trail where I came into my own as a hiker and that…
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