Monthly Archives: July 2011

Zero day in Dillon! We actually got up really early and headed over to Leadore to catch the post office and pick up our boxes from there. We decided we won’t be resupplying there and will just carry extra food … Continue reading →

Chance woke me up at 5:45am as he was trying to get up and beat the bugs out of camp. He somewhat succeeded, I totally failed but still was hiking before the sun was up. I got some great pictures … Continue reading →

We thought today was going to be leisurely, hah! We climbed and descended 6000ish feet. Right at the end we saw some amazing scenery around us, but mostly the rest was a slog. We dropped down low into Idaho midday … Continue reading →

We woke up extra early due to being quite cold but also near town! We got down to the right road by 8am but there weren’t really any cars for a bit just a couple guys out on motorbikes exploring … Continue reading →

I woke up this morning to what I thought was a bear, but turned out to be ET walking up on us. He doesn’t use a watch so he tends to get up with the sun and sleep when it … Continue reading →

Slept in quite late, in spite of Irish and Flop getting up at 6am. Felt very, very lethargic on the first couple climbs of the day. Barely made it to lunch really. An hour and a half on top of … Continue reading →

We got up early and grinded out 4 more road miles to the start of the trail in Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness. It was a great relief to be back on soft ground. We climbed all morning, and I eventually stopped for … Continue reading →

Today was mostly one big climb up Burnt Mountain and then tons of descent. When researching for this trip, I read about some CDT specific.. ahh, logistical concepts or “specials”. We had so far avoided then, but no longer. The … Continue reading →

As we were falling asleep last night a giant truck rolled by about a foot from my head. I guess that’s what we get for camping 2 feet from a jeep road. We got up early regardless and hiked around … Continue reading →

It was a cold morning lakeside today. We had a long road walk to start the day, but 2.5 miles from the end of it we noticed our destination was only a half mile away. There was the minor issue … Continue reading →