May 22, 2016 | New Mexico
CDT mile 527.5, miles hiked 17 I stirred bed not wanting to wake up, I had such a great night sleep the night before dreaming of the ocean and fishing, I guess all this time in the dry Rockies has me missing the ocean a bit. I finally got up showered in the crappy...
May 21, 2016 | New Mexico
In one month I have hiked 510.5 miles in 31 days or 16.47 miles per day average not bad considering that as of March I had been sitting in a cubicle for most of the past 16 years. I have loads well over 20lbs and feel as fit as I was 10 years ago. Today when I...
May 21, 2016 | New Mexico
CDT mile 510.5, miles hiked 13.5 When I woke up I had to admit to the crew that I had been dreaming of food all night and even woke up and ate a bag of gummy bears at 2am. My hiker hunger is real and as I lied in bed eating oatmeal and having coffee I took inventory...
May 20, 2016 | New Mexico
CDT mile 497, miles hiked 26 As we woke up we got to see the sun rise over the various mesas in the area, it was a glorious sunrise with pink skies and stunning landscape to view. We packed up and headed out. I had been warned that this area was dry and to make sure...
May 20, 2016 | New Mexico
CDT mile 471, miles hiked 30.5 (1.5 miles was for water gathering at sources off trail) We set off for the first water supply Los Indios spring 10.5 miles from camp, we strolled along the road making great time. We arrived at the springs at 10:30 am and decided to...
May 19, 2016 | New Mexico
CDT mile 442, miles hiked 23.5 The day started with warm temps, it might have been the warmest night yet on trail. Our bags didn’t even have condensation so we ate breakfast, packed up and headed to the trail for our big climb up Mt Taylor, an 11,301′...
