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CDT 2025 Part 4
Sept. 3After recuperating at home and attending a wedding, I flew to Denver yesterday and overnighted at a hotel near Union Station. This morning I caught a bus to Salida. I arrived there at 9:50AM and trail angel Connie was there to pick me up. She dropped me off at Monarch Pass and I was…
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CDT 2025, part 3
After returning home to let the blisters heal, I began planning a return to the trail. Due to difficult travel logistics for travel to small trail towns, and the need to coordinate with Spokes’ hiking pace, I decided to join him in Salida, CO. That gave me plenty of time for the blisters to heal…
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CDT 2025, part 2.
July 2 After parting company with Spokes and Mama Troll in Grants back in April, they continued on the trail until they ran into too much snow, and they had to bail out. Mama Troll jumped ahead to a lower elevation and Spokes went home. I had to be home in May for the house…
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Continental Divide Trail 2025
Due to other plans for the summer I didn’t think I’d have time to hike the entire CDT this year. But I decided to tackle the southernmost 500-some miles from the Mexican border to Grants, NM, in April and convinced Stevie T (trail name “One-K”) to come along for the first 150 miles or so.…
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Mississippi River 2024
Mississippi River August 18Larry and I loaded up the car, and set off from Edmonds towing the boat on a trailer on August 17. After stopping for gas, when we started the car the low oil light came on. The oil level was fine and we saw no evidence of a leak, so we continued…
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Pacific Crest Trail 2024
After getting off the trail with an injury last year, I’m going to try to finish off the approximately 875 miles to complete the PCT hike. May 14, 2024 Stevie T drove over from Wenatchee to spend the night last night. We spent a little time getting our gear repacked and ready for the baggage…
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Pacific Crest Trail 2023
PCT, D-Day minus 01.After a few last minute home projects and transportation snags, tomorrow I’ll finally be on the way to the trailhead to begin my southbound Pacific Crest Trail hike. I’ve previously section-hiked the PCT through all of Washington and the northernmost 60-some miles of Oregon. This year, I’ll try to finish the trail…
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Lake Chelan Lakeshore Trail 4/30/23
Took the ferry from Fields Points to Stehekin. Ticktock was driving the ferry and after we arrived in Stehekin, he needed a few minutes to wrap things up. Once he was ready, we set off for our camp at Moore Point, seven miles down the trail. It was sunny, but not really hot. We saw…
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Arizona Trail 2021
In March and April of 2021 I hiked the Arizona Trail from the Mexican border to Utah. 788 miles in 49 days. I started the trail with my old shipmate and hiking partner Tick Tock. On the first day we met Navigator and Afterburner and decided to hike together. Tick Tock had to go back…
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