Monthly Archives: August 2011

Day 66

Got up early to get to the post office when it opened, but in the end we got a ride from the maintenance guy at the hotel, and back (3 mile round trip). Then we had a few hours with … Continue reading

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Day 65

Got up before the sun and quickly got into town for breakfast. Met Lucky Joe at a diner, where we sat and chatted for hours. Then we met Chance and checked in to a motel, vegging out for the rest … Continue reading

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Day 64

I was woken up this morning by the sun shining directly from the horizon to my eye. Very effective alarm clock. Most of the morning was just a blitz along good jeep roads. When it got to lunch time, I … Continue reading

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Day 63

I met a northbounder named Dwayne this morning, just before the first water in 27 miles. He gave me the water situation going forward – better than expected. He was also pretty crazy! Told me he swam across a lake … Continue reading

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Day 62

Chance got me up at sunrise and off we went into the desert. I forgot to say yesterday that we are entering an area called the Great Divide Basin or also, the Red Desert. Today we actually got it easy … Continue reading

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Day 60, 61

Zero day in Lander on day 60. Was very successful at doing nothing all day. Just kept my shin elevated and iced most of the day. Day 61, got a ride out to the trail with a trail angel Chance … Continue reading

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Day 59

Turned out there wasn’t a trail to follow last night, so today I just kept rolling down the valley. Eventually I had to climb out and then down out of the Winds. My legs were not happy with the climb … Continue reading

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Day 58

Big thunder and lightning kept me up a bit, but it seemed to blow over pretty quickly. In the morning everything was dry and I got rolling pretty easily. I made my first wrong turn of the day right away, … Continue reading

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Day 57

I woke up early with condensation starting to drip off my tent and on to me. Quickly packed up and got going, on what was probably the warmest morning of the whole trail so far… and I was camped at … Continue reading

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Day 56

Walked beside the Green River most of the morning, so named because it really is quite green. I caught up to Hui as we climbed towards our first pass of the day and we stopped for lunch together. Had a … Continue reading

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