May 10 Mileage: 7 715 miles hiked We sleep in our tent outside the cabin, not in the cabin itself. It’s a nice cabin, free of mouse poop, but there’s a book on a shelf that tells the stories of a few tortured young Grand Canyon adventurers who spent time in the cabin before eventually … Continue reading Hayduke trail day 54: Saddle Canyon bushwhack, scramble and plunge pools/earning the Hayduke, part 2
Month: May 2016
Hayduke trail day 53: Teddy’s cabin chill time
May 9 Mileage: 11 708 miles hiked It rains all night and when I wake I’m bleeding all over myself. Hey, at least I’ve got pads this time! We pack up, pack away our sleeping bags damp from condensation and the wet tent, set out on the good forest service road through the ponderosa forest. … Continue reading Hayduke trail day 53: Teddy’s cabin chill time
Hayduke trail day 52: gentle miles in the cold peaceful forest
May 8 Mileage: 22 697 miles hiked I sleep so hard through the dark frosty night, cozy and warm in my sleeping bag with just my nose poking out, in our protective triangle of cuben fiber. By and by I lift my hat from my eyes, where I’ve pulled it down for warmth, and am … Continue reading Hayduke trail day 52: gentle miles in the cold peaceful forest
Hayduke trail day 51: rim 2 rim
May 7 Mileage: 24 675 miles hiked The temperature drops and a storm breaks open in the night and we wake to snow, dusting the campground and our tent. How to get up in this? We stay in our sleeping bags, warm and dry, until 8, and by the time we step off the shuttle … Continue reading Hayduke trail day 51: rim 2 rim
Hayduke trail day 50: zero at the south rim
May 6 Mileage: zero I have one goal for my zero at the south rim of the Grand Canyon, besides eat a lot of food and do all the internet things I need to do: take a nap. I accomplish this goal in the afternoon, laying in our tent at the forested campsite that another … Continue reading Hayduke trail day 50: zero at the south rim
Hayduke trail day 49: up to the South Rim
May 5 Mileage: 9 650 miles hiked It’s amazing what a body can do when one simply keeps taking steps, even very slowly. Even when you feel like you’re getting nowhere at all. We’re at the top of the south rim of the Grand Canyon, looking down. We just climbed up all of that. From … Continue reading Hayduke trail day 49: up to the South Rim
Hayduke trail day 48: the Escalante Route
May 4 Mileage: 16 641 miles hiked I wake in the dark for some reason, can’t fall back asleep. Oh well. There are worse places to be awake, watching the stars fade towards light. It’s good to hike before the sun has crested the canyon wall, and everything is still shaded and cool. The Escalate … Continue reading Hayduke trail day 48: the Escalante Route
Hayduke trail day 47: Beamer trail of sketch
May 3 Mileage: 14 625 miles hiked Morning is slow and somehow we don’t get to hiking until 8- no matter, tho, in a mile we have to wait for a rafting party to ferry us across the river, and no rafting parties have passed by yet. Ah, the last mile of bushwhacking. Slow and … Continue reading Hayduke trail day 47: Beamer trail of sketch
Hayduke trail day 46: Colorado River Bushwhack/Earning the Hayduke
May 2 Mileage: 10 611 miles hiked We sleep until almost seven and we have a slow morning, don’t start hiking until 8. A mouse chewed a hole in the sidepocket of Dan’s pack in the night- otherwise everything was peaceful and still, and it never rained. We fill up four liters each from the … Continue reading Hayduke trail day 46: Colorado River Bushwhack/Earning the Hayduke
Hayduke trail day 45: The Nankoweep trail (in the dark)
May 1 Mileage: 21 601 miles hiked I sleep terribly in our motel room, perhaps partly because I am wracked with guilt about bailing in the snow. Why did I bail? No, it was the right choice. I shouldn’t have bailed! It was the right choice though. Am I a good hiker or am I … Continue reading Hayduke trail day 45: The Nankoweep trail (in the dark)
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