April 29 Mileage 25 (24 + 1 mile to the post office) mile 91 to mile 115 It was warm last night at the third gate cache and I slept with my sleeping bag over me like a quilt, the little night creatures doing their things all around me, the stars dull from light pollution … Continue reading Day 5: sun, sand and stabby plants
Month: April 2014
Day 4: wherein the desert becomes desert-like again
April 28 Mileage 24 (23 plus 1 for water) Mile 68 to mile 91 I can't believe that I forgot that the first part of the trail is hard. I seem to have had total amnesia about that. This shit is HARD. In the first part of the trail you're transitioning from fluffy city person … Continue reading Day 4: wherein the desert becomes desert-like again
Day 3: me duele la pierna
April 27 Mileage 20 Mile 48 to mile 68 My leg fucking hurt today, y'all. The trail has a way of crushing your ego, of reminding you how small you are. Of humbling you. When I started this trail all of three days ago I thought I was hot shit- I was all WOOHOO HIKE … Continue reading Day 3: me duele la pierna
Day two: just like washington in september aka THANK GOD I BROUGHT WARM LAYERS THIS TIME
April 26 Mileage 28.8 Mile 20 to mile 48.8 Today was like a week, cold rain and a fourteen mile climb and then cold pounding winds blowing clouds and I kicked ass. Slept terrible at kickoff last night, wind battering everything rain coming in the broken zipper of my tent. Why is it broken? I … Continue reading Day two: just like washington in september aka THANK GOD I BROUGHT WARM LAYERS THIS TIME
Day one: campo to lake morena
April 25th Mileage 20 Mile 0 to mile 20 What am I doing with my life/this is what I'm doing with my life/what is a "life". These things I know: people are friendly and gentle on the trail, 20 miles in the desert heat is no big, I've done this/I love doing this/this feels like … Continue reading Day one: campo to lake morena
anatomy of a resupply box
Clockwise from jerky: flattened dried bananas, tea/emergen-c/electrolytes, fish oil, multivitamin, rice krispie treat, cocaine (jk it's magnesium powder), chocolate protein powder, gf oreos, chia seeds, banana chips, prunes, bars, nutz, dried peas, dried spinach, raisins, granola #1, granola #2, dried split pea soup (alternates with dried refried beans and dried curried lentil soup), more bars, … Continue reading anatomy of a resupply box
wherein the convoluted tornado of chaos resolves itself into something resembling a shape
I've been carrying around this wild tornado of space-time all hacked up into bits, organized on to-do lists but not existing, yet, the future a mighty weight dependent on my own minute-by-minute choices and the organizational capabilities of my own damn brain. Now the future has a shape, it fills out space-time in a voluminous … Continue reading wherein the convoluted tornado of chaos resolves itself into something resembling a shape
I have a piece on the Gossamer Gear blog that I’m kind of proud of
Should trekking poles count as part of you base weight? A fascinating subject that absolutely no-one cares about Also! Here is another trail journal I really like! Rob's blog In other news- planning planning planning, freaking out. The galaxy shorts came in the mail and they are awesome. It was hot today and I ate … Continue reading I have a piece on the Gossamer Gear blog that I’m kind of proud of
procrastination/anticipation
Anxiety on top of anxiety. I fly south to San Diego from Portland in three weeks, and all of my irrational fears about the trail (something is going to go horribly wrong, the trail is going to turn into a wall of fire, western civilization is going to collapse into a police state RIGHT when … Continue reading procrastination/anticipation
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