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Waterfalls, Berries and Bad Days

July 29, 2017July 29, 2017Parks Comment

Day 11 (July 22): Another early morning on the trail. After rolling out of my quilt, I retrieved my Ursack. It was still [...]

July 27, 2017July 24, 2017Parks Comment

Day 7 (July 18): I woke up after another successful night. I have a pretty low bar for successful nights these days. The [...]

July 25, 2017July 21, 2017Parks Comment

Day 5 (July 16): I got an early start to the day to make some distance before the sun started beating down. On [...]

July 23, 2017July 21, 2017Parks Comment

Day 4 (July 15): I woke up feeling completely refreshed. I assume refreshed means sore and really tired since that’s my normal wake-up [...]

July 22, 2017July 20, 2017Parks Comment

Day two began without much fanfare. No night time encounters other than a couple bugs. I got an early start since I was [...]

July 19, 2017July 20, 2017Parks 2

Today I set off on the Pacific Northwest Trail. It’s much less known and less traveled than the AT. It’s a 1217 mile [...]

June 29, 2016Parks 2

It was a nice feeling to be back in the US. A few thousand miles from where I live, but still felt a [...]

June 19, 2016June 19, 2016Parks 1

Just prior to the race I got to hang out with several racers around town. There was quite the energy. Many people met [...]

June 8, 2016June 8, 2016Parks 3

So much going on leading up to the Tour Divide! My training really fell apart this year. Part of that was going back [...]

February 9, 2016Parks 1

I made a frame bag for my upcoming bikepacking trips, most notably, the Tour Divide. I finished all the sewing work but I [...]