December 19 When I wake in the morning I know that I'm done. Despite having slept really well, despite having camped in this nice place with a picnic table, I still cannot muster the energy to get stoked for thirty more miles on this paved bike path, followed by hundreds of miles on other paved … Continue reading Florida trail, day seven: Dear FT- it’s not you, it’s me
Month: December 2014
Florida trail day six: roads for days
December 18 Mileage 30 Mile 103 to mile 128.5 (plus 4.5 miles walking in and out of Clewiston and Moore Haven I wake up before dawn, excited to be back on the road. It's not a trail, at least for the next hundred miles, it's a road, but I'm still excited to be back on … Continue reading Florida trail day six: roads for days
Florida trail day four and five: roadwalking fail
December 16 Mileage 18 Mile 61 to mile 79 I wake before my alarm, cold, to find my sleeping bag soaked through with condensation. The dark is just beginning to pale and I sit up blearily, lackadaisically poke at my gear, eat something or other. Suddenly I am treated to the most fantastic sunrise- and … Continue reading Florida trail day four and five: roadwalking fail
Florida trail, day three: hello roadwalk
December 15 Mileage 30 Mile 31 to mile 61 Roadwalking. Roadwalking happens. Roadwalking is a real thing, on most (all?) long trails but especially on this one. So... roadwalking. It's hot, it hurts my feet. There isn't any shade. And there are so many different kinds of roads to walk on- dirt roads! Gravel roads! … Continue reading Florida trail, day three: hello roadwalk
Florida trail, day two: O MAGIC SWAMP
December 14 Mileage 21 Mile 10 to mile 31 My alarm goes off at 5:30. I sit up in a tent cometely saturated with condensation. Everything is damp. We're in a swamp; I guess that makes sense. Outside, the land is draped in moonlight. The sun shows no sign of rising. What time does the … Continue reading Florida trail, day two: O MAGIC SWAMP
Florida trail day one: le swamp
December 13 Mileage 10 Mile 0 to mile 10 On Friday night Phyllis, the trail angel who volunteered to host me in Miami, picks me up at midnight after my flight is delayed. This officially makes her a saint. We go to a late-night burger joint and then Phyllis takes me to her condo in … Continue reading Florida trail day one: le swamp
Florida Trail or Bust
My seasonal job is over, cash stacked, money saved for the CDT, now it's time to hunker down in a half-empty room somewhere and work on my book until spring while cobbling together odd jobs to pay the rent, like I always do. But no, I haven't hiked in two months and I feel crazy- … Continue reading Florida Trail or Bust
Lowest to Highest, a Backcountry Route from Badwater to Mt. Whitney, Part Six- Triumph
(In the first week of October, 2014, I set out to hike the Lowest to Highest Route with NotaChance and Orbit. This is the final installment of my trip report. For technical information on this route, go here.) ---------------- Oct 7 22 miles At six a.m. I wake after a single perfect, flawless nights' sleep … Continue reading Lowest to Highest, a Backcountry Route from Badwater to Mt. Whitney, Part Six- Triumph
Let’s Get Uncomfortable
While thru-hiking the PCT I learned a lot about pain. There is often pain during a thru-hike- blisters, pain in the bones and tendons of the feet, things stuck in your shoes, your shoes rubbing you, chafe on your hips/shoulders/thighs wherever fabric rubs, cold aching hands, creaky knees, sore ankles, stiff hips, twingey neck, sore … Continue reading Let’s Get Uncomfortable
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