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Day 136 – South Pass City
I awoke in a cow pasture. My legs ached and I did not want to move. But I only had 4 granola bars to get 17 Miles, so I forced myself and...
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Day 135 – Return to the Desert
It was the last day in the wind river range. My food supply was low, so I had to ration it a bit. This meant slowly eating a package of...
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Day 134 – Wind River Range
Another cold morning, Frost was on the ground and small ponds were frozen. I moved quickly early to stay warm but the day warmed up...
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Day 133 – Bridger Wilderness
I slept like a corpse. At least until hunters on atvs and giant trucks began racing by the road I was camped near. I finally gave up and...
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Day 132 – Beatle kill
I mailed my stuff out this morning to South Pass City, for my resupply at the end of this 170 mile stretch and got my new shoes from the...
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Day 131 – Dubois
I was up and moving while the frost was still forming on my tent. 36 miles to the highway and a night of rest awaited. I flew through the...
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Day 130 – Teton Wilderness
The only goal was to hike out of Yellowstone in order to be at a legal camping spot. Within 3 miles of starting the day I had to cross...
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Day 129 – Yellowstone
I wok up about as well rested as I have been on the trail. In fact I slept later than usual. My first goal was Old Faithful Village. I...
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Day 128 – Wyoming
It was a bit of a weird day. I was caught in the middle. I couldn’t enter Yellowstone National Park legally, so I camped right on the...
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Day 127 – Elksbane
I stayed at a cabin (named Elksbane) about 10 miles north of the trail with my dads childhood friend: Keyne. After steak and potatoes...
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Day 126 – Hungry
After skipping a resupply in Lima, this section turned into nearly 170 mile stretch between resupplies. Being the last day of it, my food...
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Day 125 – Bear Tracks
Hunting season starts tomorrow and I was reminded as trucks flew by my campsite on the side of the road at 4am. I was tired enough I went...
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Day 124 – Big Sky Country
The stars and the moon have been magnificent. The weather is cooperating and the only thing that really worries me is my toe. It’s red...
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Day 123 – Trouble Toes
My toe is still quite a hindrance. Every 10 Miles I heat water and soak it, in the hopes that whatever is wrong with the inside of it...
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Day 122 – Elk Mountain
Over the last week between snow, hail, rain and roadwalks my feet have become a bit of a mess. Since there was not a hot nurse to revive...
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Day 121 – Snow
I camped at roughly 5800′ of elevation but soon climbed up to 7k, then 8k and then over 9k. The higher I climbed the more I became...
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Day 120 – Salmon
It was a weird day. I woke up on the side of the road and walked the highway through Salmon Idaho. On the way I met three other hikers,...
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Day 119 – Carmen Creek
Today I was back on the true Divide, walking the border of Montana and Idaho. Sometimes the imaginary line would split my body on the...
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Day 118 – Zig Zagging the Divide
These fire detours and struggling to balance getting quality trail hiking in combined with the myriad of roads it takes to connect these...
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Day 117 – Fire Detour
I dislike walking asphalt. The heat radiate off it in a shimmering tail. Cars fly by and the shoulder isn’t fit for an ant. Today I had...
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