Miles Hiked: 26.5 Total Milage: 1805 This morning 12 pack and I left camp earlier than any other day in a while. We were on a mission to get to Old Faithful village and hang out there as long as we could. We had 26 miles to hike today and 10 of them were afterContinueContinue reading “Day 108: Yellowstone National Park Day 3… Old Faithful Village”
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Day 104: Entering the horse highway
Miles Hiked: 21.1 Total Milage: 1715.7 Today my family dropped 12 pack and I off on the trail around 7am. It was a cold morning. We started the hike by going uphill through a bunch of wet grass. My feet were immediately soaked and my pack get so heavy so I was moving slow. WeContinueContinue reading “Day 104: Entering the horse highway”
Day 103: A Zero in the Tetons
Miles Hiked: 0 Total Milage: 1694.6 Today I took a zero to spend some time hanging out with my family. It was totally unplanned and unexpected but I’m so happy I did it! The first thing I did in the most was try to get ahold of Yellow Stone National Park to change our permits.ContinueContinue reading “Day 103: A Zero in the Tetons”
Day 102: Lava Mountain Lodge
Miles Hiked: 14.5 Total Milage: 1694.6 This morning I woke up around 5am very eager to get to town. Last night I got some amazing sleep a rest. I think I had about 12 hours total off of my feet! I got all my things out of the bear box and made my morning proteinContinueContinue reading “Day 102: Lava Mountain Lodge”
Day 101: Tapering in to Town
Miles Hiked: 21.5 Total Milage: 1680.1 I didn’t sleep at all last night. Even after hiking 30 miles I couldn’t bring myself to close my eyes and relax. I got out of my tent around 5:30am. We had a short day ahead of us but I still wanted to get a relatively early start justContinueContinue reading “Day 101: Tapering in to Town”
Day 100: A long long time
Miles Hiked: 30.7 Total Milage: 1658.6 This morning I didn’t even open my eyes until 6am which is the first time it’s happened on the whole trail. I realized it was late and started getting ready as fast as I could because I knew we had a big day ahead of us. 12 pack andContinueContinue reading “Day 100: A long long time”
Day 99: Cube Rock Pass
Miles Hiked: 25.3 Total Milage: 1627.9 This morning I woke up at 4:30am. I didn’t sleep well last night because I was a little paranoid about bears. I have a feeling this will be the case until I finish the trail. I laid in my sleeping bag looking over the map for the day. IContinueContinue reading “Day 99: Cube Rock Pass”
Day 98: Dragging Ass
Miles Hiked: 23.4 Total Milage: 1603.6 Today I opened my eyes at 5am and everything hurt so bad I didn’t want to move. I let 12 pack wake me up which is a rare occasion. I didn’t move until 6am. It was pretty painful to pack up my things. My back was absolutely killing me.ContinueContinue reading “Day 98: Dragging Ass”
97: Cirque of the Towers
Miles Hiked: 22.2 Total Milage: 1580.2 Location: Cirque of the Towers Today I woke up at 5am at my parents campground. I started getting ready to hike and said goodbye to them. It was hard of course. I might potentially see them in my next town because they will still be on vacation but I’mContinueContinue reading “97: Cirque of the Towers”
Day 96: Sweet Water Guard
Miles Hiked: 19.7 Total Milage: 1558 Location: Sweet Water Guard Camping Today we slept in at the hotel in Lander Wyoming and I was so happy. I did not want to get out of bed at all. I took a sleeping aid pill last night and it knocked me out. I feel like I hardlyContinueContinue reading “Day 96: Sweet Water Guard”
Day 93-95: Type 1 Fun
Miles Hiked: ZERO Over the past three days I got to spend some awesome quality time hanging out with my family. We went to Telluride to meet up with my sister and spend two nights there before driving to Wyoming where 12 pack and I will get dropped off at the trail where we startedContinueContinue reading “Day 93-95: Type 1 Fun”
Day 97: Cirque of the Towers
Miles Hiked: 22.2 Total Milage: 1580.2 Location: Cirque of the Towers Today I woke up at 5am at my parents campground. I started getting ready to hike and said goodbye to them. It was hard of course. I might potentially see them in my next town because they will still be on vacation but I’mContinueContinue reading “Day 97: Cirque of the Towers”
Day 92: Chama Round 2
Miles Hiked: 21.2 Total Milage: 1538.3 Location: Chama, New Mexico This morning the three of us woke up around 5:30am and started hiking around 6:15. The sunrise was so pretty. The day started off with a gentle climb up a plateau. After that we walked through some green alpine meadows with lots of rocks andContinueContinue reading “Day 92: Chama Round 2”
Day 91: NO RAIN
Miles Hiked: 25.1 Total Milage: 1517.1 This morning we all woke up around 5:30am and started hiking around 6:20am. We were completely exposed almost the entire day. I made sure to keep reapplying sunscreen to my nose because I tend to forget after noon. We got SO LUCKY today! It was the first day IContinueContinue reading “Day 91: NO RAIN”
Day 90: Onwards to Cumbres
Miles Hiked: 21.4 Total Milage: 1492.1 Today I woke up around 6:30am. Revolt drove us back to the trail around 7am. When he dropped us off I was so sad to say goodbye. I wish he was coming with us! Thank you so much Revolt and Julie for all your hospitality and hanging out withContinueContinue reading “Day 90: Onwards to Cumbres”
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