Day 190 – Roosevelt Lake
Wow! 190 is a lot of days, where did the time go? I woke up at TITS, and left before most the others were up. I would have liked to stay ...
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Day 189 – T.I.T.S.
I haven’t been sleeping well, which is weird because although I often struggle to sleep in the real world, when I am in nature it usually...
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Day 188 – Errors
I left camp and immediately began walking the wrong direction. Luckily I realized it within a half mile and got back on track, but it was...
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Day 187 – Rollers
I woke up next to the RV belonging to the trail angel named Sequoia. There were no signs of life within, so I began my day. It was a...
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Day 186 – The Arizona Trail
My shoes are full of holes and my trekking poles have busted tips and broken clasps. It’s probably a sign of the recent terrain, that and...
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Day 185 – Canyons and Cacti
I woke up with yet another bloody nose. I believe it’s my 4th if the month, more than I have had in probably the last 4 years combined....
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Day 184
I woke up to an aching back, then as I got up I felt a giant knot in my right calf. I’m sure the calf strain happened while canyoneering...
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Day 183 – Ash Creek
Ash creek seems to be ironically named since a large fire engulfed much of the headwaters of the stream. The hiking was not really...
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Day 182 – Rugged
I took my time and eventually left safford a bit before noon. It was my birthday (although this will come out after the day) and I wanted...
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Day 181 – Safford
In the last 24 hours I have seen lots of action on the wildlife front. I have seen crickets as big as my fingers and wasps as big as...
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Day 180 – Morenci
I went to bed hungry and realized I still had over a day of hiking to the next town, so I made a side trip into the town of Morenci. But...
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Day 179 – Canyoneering
It was the first clear night in a while. The weather I have been waiting for. I finally slept great and caught up on all the rest the...
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Day 178 – Arizona!
More thunderstorms roared throughout the night. It meant another tough night of sleep and this time some water seeping into the toe box...
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Day 177 – Bull
Thunder and lighting flashed and the sky opened up. Another nightly storm. It is the strangest thing. At 7pm the sky is clear and the...
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Day 176 – Breakdown
My body is hitting the point of break down. It seems every day there is a new ache or pain. My body begs for more sleep every morning and...
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Day 175 – The Gila
I woke up early, but I didn’t feel like getting up, so I didn’t. Within reason, I have the ultimate ability to set my own schedule and...
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Day 174 – Mangas Mountain
I started today right. After a cup of coffee I went to one of the three restaurants in Pie Town that serves pie and had ice cream and pie...
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Day 173 – Pie Town
I wake up at the same time every morning without an alarm clock. So despite going to bed too late I was up by 6:30. Charlie was not quite...
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Day 172 – Hunters
Today was a weird day. A great, but weird day. My tent was wet after a night of wintery mix, and then I began the road walking that would...
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Day 171 – Grants
This morning I froze my butt off. Really, at one point my butt was cold. The temperature was around freezing, but the wind was so stiff...
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