Day 148 – Spine Walking
I haven’t decided if I like a tough climb to start a day or not. On one hand it is a warm up and combats the cold temperatures, but on...
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Day 147 – 13ers
It was an amazing day. It was a difficult day. It was an exhausting day. It was another cold morning. I debated stopping to put on more...
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Day 146 – Rocky Mountain National Park
My hunch proved correct, the temperature dropped well below freezing overnight. My water bottles were frozen solid and the condensation...
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Day 145 – Parkview
There was a little bit of rain through the night, so my tent was wet. This is always a disappointing way to start the day and requires me...
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Day 144 – Roads
I left steamboat in the early afternoon and the roads began. Nothing too exciting, other than the continual putting on and taking off my...
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Day 143 – Steamboat
I took a sip of coffee, and spit it out. There were pine needles in it. I drank the rest of it through my teeth to strain out nature. It...
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Day 142 – Colorado Weather
In the middle of the night 3 drops fell on my face and I woke up. I looked at the sky, expecting clouds, but all was clear so I continued...
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Day 141 – Oh Sheep
Today I entered Colorado, but lots happened in Wyoming before I crossed the border. Finally back in the forest, the day began with a...
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Day 140 – Medicine Bow
It was my last day in the desert and my last full day in Wyoming. It would be my last day carrying pounds of water and being beaten down...
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Day 139 – Rawlins
I quickly finished the 15 Miles into Rawlins and my all American day began. As is tradition, I went to McDonald’s first, vowing not to...
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Day 138 – Antelope
It’s hard to dress up the Great Divide Basin, at least as well as my tiger sweatshirt clad body. It is pretty boring walking along a flat...
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Day 137 – Flat Sand
The Great Divide Basin is a high altitude plains perfect for raising cattle. There is very little water and the basin is very sandy. I...
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Day 136 – South Pass City
I awoke in a cow pasture. My legs ached and I did not want to move. But I only had 4 granola bars to get 17 Miles, so I forced myself and...
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Day 135 – Return to the Desert
It was the last day in the wind river range. My food supply was low, so I had to ration it a bit. This meant slowly eating a package of...
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Day 134 – Wind River Range
Another cold morning, Frost was on the ground and small ponds were frozen. I moved quickly early to stay warm but the day warmed up...
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Day 133 – Bridger Wilderness
I slept like a corpse. At least until hunters on atvs and giant trucks began racing by the road I was camped near. I finally gave up and...
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Day 132 – Beatle kill
I mailed my stuff out this morning to South Pass City, for my resupply at the end of this 170 mile stretch and got my new shoes from the...
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Day 131 – Dubois
I was up and moving while the frost was still forming on my tent. 36 miles to the highway and a night of rest awaited. I flew through the...
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Day 130 – Teton Wilderness
The only goal was to hike out of Yellowstone in order to be at a legal camping spot. Within 3 miles of starting the day I had to cross...
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Day 129 – Yellowstone
I wok up about as well rested as I have been on the trail. In fact I slept later than usual. My first goal was Old Faithful Village. I...
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