Monthly Archives: July 2021

Miles Hiked: 22.8 Total Milage: 1350.1 Location: Spring Creek Pass This morning 12 pack woke me up around 6:30am. It’s pretty unusual for me to be the last one up. I was feeling incredibly exhausted and did not want to move. I fell asleep and woke back up again at 7am. It stopped raining andContinueContinue reading “Day 82: Snow Mesa”

Miles Hiked: 25.3 Total Milage: 1327.3 Location: Cochetopa Creek This morning 12 pack and I woke up at 5am. For once, I woke up and my tent was dry! I felt like I didn’t sleep well last night or the night before and I really didn’t want to start hiking. We ended up being onContinueContinue reading “Day 81: Cochetopa Creek”

Miles Hiked: 26.1 Total Milage: 1302 This morning I woke up to my alarm at 5am. I swear I blinked my eyes and it was 5:15. I woke 12 pack up and we started to get ready. The sunrise was incredibly red and beautiful. We left camp around 6am. There were thunderstorms predicted for todayContinueContinue reading “Day 80: Enjoying the easy stuff while it lasts”

Miles Hiked: 25.5 Total Milage: 1275.9 Location: Sargents Mesa This morning I woke up before 6am. 12 pack cooked us the rest of the eggs for breakfast and we got packed up and ready to hit the trail. Maddie and Max hitched out before us and 12 pack and I got a ride around 7amContinueContinue reading “Day 79: Lucky Day!”

Miles Hiked: 10.5 Total Milage: 1250.4 Location: Butterfly House This morning 12 pack and I both failed to wake up at 6am. I remember opening my eyes at 7am and making eye contact with 12 pack in the cot across the room and we both instantly fell back asleep. After how crazy this last stretchContinueContinue reading “Day 78: Monarch Crest and Butterfly House”

Miles Hiked: 23.7 Total Milage: 1239.9 Location: Butterfly House This morning I woke up to my alarm at 4am. I laid in my sleeping bag until 4:15 and then I got ready as quickly as I could because it was so cold. I got an early start on the day because I knew that thereContinueContinue reading “Day 77: No Breaks”

Miles Hiked: 19.7 Total Milage: 1216.2 Location: Mineral Basin This morning I woke up around 5am. I didn’t want to get out of my sleeping bag because everything was soaking wet and cold but I knew the faster I got it over with the better. I set my alarm again for 5:45 am and toldContinueContinue reading “Day 76: Safe in the Valley”