Post race picture with the best crew and pacers! Couldn’t have done it without Jacob and Savannah. Thanks for putting up with me guys 🤪 On my list of goals for 2025 was (and still is) to complete my first 100 mile race. I began looking at races for my objective in fall of 2024.ContinueContinue reading “Scout Mountain 100 DNF”
Author Archives: Deserrae Potts
Transition
If you have been an avid follower of this blog over the past few years you’ve literally read about me growing up in young adulthood from my first thru hike of the Appalachian Trail at 21 years old to my most recent of the Arizona Trail at 26. Those hikes will always be some ofContinueContinue reading “Transition”
AZT in Summary (With Statistics)
With well over 9,000 miles of cumulative long distance hiking and backpacking experience under my belt, I decided I wanted to hike the Arizona Trail this spring. I sort of did it on a whim, jumping at a convenient opportunity to check a thru hike off of my ever growing to-do list of mountains toContinueContinue reading “AZT in Summary (With Statistics)”
AZT Day 30: Terminus
Miles Hiked: 30.5AZT Progress: Mile 795Today I left the hotel room at Jacob Lake a bit later than I had planned. I fell asleep before 8pm last night and at 5am I still wanted to sleep in just a little bit more. I really needed a day to catch up on my sleep after notContinueContinue reading “AZT Day 30: Terminus”
AZT Day 29- Jacob Lake
Miles Hiked: 27.8 AZT Progress: 766.8Last night I could hear coyotes howling and when I popped my head up to look around I could see them running across the snow field on the other side of the road. It was so cool to see! I’ve only ever heard the coyotes or seen them but neverContinueContinue reading “AZT Day 29- Jacob Lake”
AZT Day 28- North Rim
Miles Hiked: 33.5Last night I woke up around 3am and could see head lamps descending from the South Rim. These were from some runners and hikers doing a double crossing of the canyon and hiking Rim to Rim to Rim in one day. Many of them start in the middle of the night since it’sContinueContinue reading “AZT Day 28- North Rim”
AZT Day 27- South Kaibab
Miles Hiked: 10AZT Progress: 703.7I could barely sleeping for some reason last night but my alarm went off at 4:45am so I could get up and go see the Grand Canyon for sunrise. Honestly I was so tired and had such a bad headache that I didn’t want to get up at all. I knewContinueContinue reading “AZT Day 27- South Kaibab”
AZT Day 26- “Grandview” of the Gand Canyon
Miles Hiked: 30AZT Progress: 694.6 I woke up pretty cold in my sleeping bag this morning so I made some protein hot chocolate for breakfast before hitting the trail around 6am. I was originally planning on camping outside of Tusayan today but the miles went so fast I ended up making it all the wayContinueContinue reading “AZT Day 26- “Grandview” of the Gand Canyon”
AZT Day 25- Flat Forever!
Miles Hiked: 41.4AZT progress: 660.4I woke up to a blue sky this morning after the first night of good sleep I’ve had on trail for a while. I thought it was 7am but my clock said 5:15. It’s great to see the sun up so early! I slowly got ready. It surprisingly wasn’t too coldContinueContinue reading “AZT Day 25- Flat Forever!”
AZT Day 24- San Francisco Hills
Miles Hiked: 33.5AZT progress: 619 milesToday I woke up a bit groggy at 6am. I started packing up all of my things and I heard Tim yell that breakfast was ready. I walked out of the cabin in my sun hoodie and joined everyone at the breakfast table. I had a coffee while Tim cookedContinueContinue reading “AZT Day 24- San Francisco Hills”
AZT Day 23- Varner Vortex
Miles Hiked: ZERO Today is hands down one of the best Zero days I’ve ever had. I woke up in my little backyard bunk house to Tim yelling that breakfast was ready. It was 6am and all the hikers were already at the breakfast table. There were eggs, bacon, and potatoes as well as fruitContinueContinue reading “AZT Day 23- Varner Vortex”
AZT Day 22: Flagstaff Finally
Miles Hiked: 22 AZT Progress: 570 I woke up completely exhausted this morning. Last night was cold once again and I didn’t sleepy very well. I wanted to get moving relatively early since I was so looking forward to getting to town but it was 6am by the time I started hiking. I made itContinueContinue reading “AZT Day 22: Flagstaff Finally”
AZT Day 21: Snow Drifts
Miles Hiked: 34.6 AZT Progress: 547.5 I was freezing cold once again overnight at wild Horse Tank. I made coffee and crawled out of my tarp to get everything packed up. It was a cold morning and I hiked with all my warm layers on until about noon. I filled up water from a flowContinueContinue reading “AZT Day 21: Snow Drifts”
AZT Day 20- Ponderosa Pine Highway
Miles Hikes: 32 AZT Progress: 512.9General Springs Cabin to Wild Horse Tank I didn’t get moving until after 6am today. I think last night was the coldest night on the whole trail and I could hardly sleep. Plus my body was really sore from hiking non stop from 2pm to 10pm yesterday to get aContinueContinue reading “AZT Day 20- Ponderosa Pine Highway”
AZT Day 19- Mogollon Rim
Miles Hiked: 24.5Total AZT Progress: 480.7Pine AZ to General Springs Cabin This morning I slept in until 7:30am since I accidentally stayed up way too late last night just not able to sleep and doing town chores in my room. The first thing I did was walk to the market to see if they hadContinueContinue reading “AZT Day 19- Mogollon Rim”
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