CDT Joy: Halfway, the walk

Day 69: 14.6 miles

The highlight: steamboat.

I was in my store for almost 12 hours, and I was eager to move. Last night it was a luxury to go to bed at 7:30 pm and we were not in a hurry to move this morning, since it was a city day and we had less than 15 miles of walking.

Midnight and I were awake and walking at 7 am and enjoyed my Magic Red Bull path. The caffeine came into action and I was sailing on the road.

We met in a water source to filter water during the last 7 miles before the city and we followed the path while throwing us into a camp already along an abandoned road before gathering with the Highway 40. The path continued along the road for 1.5 miles and we moved away from the city of the steam ship.

We arrived at a hitch in the city and headed to the Post Office. From there we walk to the street for Indian food. It was wonderful to be in a city with diversity of ethnic food and cuisine. After lunch, I took and Uber to the hotel to register, shower, wash my clothes and relax a little.

Then, we walked through the steep hill where the hotel was to reach the ski store and a grocery store. Taking the way would have been more than half a mile, but Bushwhacking Strait through the mountain was less than a tenth of a mile, and at this point on the CDT I am quite good to navigate a steep roof covered.

In the Ski Haus Gear Store store I took my photo and put on its hiker board, I bought fuel, a backpacking meal and new socks since my current pair has a hole in the lower part.

From there, I got edible and took an uber back to the hill. Approximately an hour later, the diva of Midnights PCT Friend Trail arrived and we went to the Mexican food center for dinner before returning to the room to spend the night.

70: 26.0 miles

The highlight: road walk. Jim path magic.

In the morning, midnight, the path of the path, and I packed at the hotel and we went to a local Bael store before driving the path. Having a car has its luxuries and being able to move the car so you can walk SOBO and lead to a path 50 miles away and walk to Novo. We will meet in the middle and exchange the car keys, and when I arrive in the car I will go to the other path again to collect them.

Another benefit of the car is that I could do a team shakedown and just bring with me what I think I will need during the next 2 days. Additional underwear, socks, articles to send home, articles to put a hiker box on the road and a lot of additional food.

Speaking of food, since I will be out for only 2 days, I used the additional space and weight in my package to carry out more fresh items. I will have a hummus dish with dolmas, pepper and mini naan. I also have an algae salad, fresh blueberries, white cheddar cheese soaked with wine and a bagel and a cream cheese.

Mediterranean Paths Lunch

I arrived on the path just before 9 am the walk today was quite monotonous and included a 10 -mile walk along a road followed by a dirt road of 16 miles to a national forest.

I received the magic of the path again today! Jim, who parks a rolling house on the dirt road, was giving cookies and talked with him a little and signed the record book before continuing on my way.

In the afternoon at the water source near an icon of the camp, I met the brightness team to whom I walked the 69 miles in the basin. We chat a little and then we all continue walking.

I saw the sun putting behind me and I decided to make a camp in the first decent store site that I saw while there is still daylight. After configuring my tent and inflate my new sleeping pad, I cooked a meal for chicken backpacks and meatballs before going to bed at night.

Day 71: 23.3 miles

The highlight: Moose, Elk, Pika. He took a fall. It rose to 12,296 feet.

I established an alarm for 6 am to start the dawn. Last night it was my first night sleeping alone in the field in more than a month and, although I fell asleep well, when I heard the deer in the middle of the night I was surprised with my adrenaline that crossed me.

I enjoyed a bael of everything with simple cream cheese that I packed from the city and then took the 0.3 path on the road to a crossing. Typically, the crossing was in a left meadow that you had to walk to find an adequate path and would be easy to get lost. Fortunately, some previous hikers put rocks on the road and an arrow to help me alert that I needed to turn.

From the path of a single track, we fall into the elevation and pass through a current. While folding a corner, I found face to face with an alce that drank in the water of the current. We were surprised and he turned and walked away a few meters and then stopped to return. Yesterday I saw signs warning the hunters that there were alces in the area and to make sure of the animal before firing, but I did not expect to see one in Colorado.

Moose!

It was colder in the valley and near the current and I could see frosts in the plants. I walked more on the path while climbing and approximately 9 miles in the day I found an area with some quite bad explosions. I did my best to see the positive in the situation and it was that I did not want or wanted music or podcasts to entertain me, since I was hyper focused where I was putting my feet and how to navigate the path.

I took a short break to lunch for a water source and then climbed up and up through a burning zone. I ended up falling exactly the same way as day 2 of my walk in the Glacier National Park. My right foot slipped to the side of a mountain path and my left knee fell to catch me. It was scraping, but the cuts closed quickly and I could wash the wound and continue walking.

I was surprised and I was not surprised how difficult this ascent seemed to me. I ended up taking breaks to recover my breath, which normally did not allow me to do, but I knew that I needed my body to recover since it was in such a high elevation or symptoms of risk of lifting disease. At one point I felt the first signs of a headache, where I could feel that my beat was beating in my temple, and after moving very slowly for a short time, I began to feel better.

View of the ParkView mountain I’m going to go up and walk through Ridgeline

In the upper part of the climb there was an emergency shelter and, at the top, I could see beautiful views of the mountains, but also storms in the distance. I have been above the trees and for several miles now and I have several miles to go before the safety of the trees in case those thunder move quickly to me.

View from the summit

I was motivated to walk quickly in the descent and fortunately the rain and the clouds stopped me. The path to the path of Willow Creek Pass was easy to navigate and the path picked me up at 5pm.

We went to the KOA, where I installed my store and shower and then we collected midnight from the CDT section that I was completing before addressing a Caribbean food restaurant for dinner.

In a short time they were beyond 9 pm and we have a great hiking day tomorrow while planning the section of the Rocky Mountain of Trail National Park tomorrow.

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