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Continental Divide TrailApril 7, 2021

CDT Bound!

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The section between Grants and Cuba has been the best, hands down! New Mexico has delivered some epic views! Aside from scenery highlights, there was a dead cow at one of the water sources and we slept in a shed. I’m lovin’ New Mexico and it’s hard to believe our journey through it is nearly over.

Mount Taylor summit 11,301 feet

The road walk into Grants was one of the best road walks I’ve ever done. Grants had little to offer, but I got new kicks which was much needed! Many zero days have been had. Snow is inevitable, but less is better so we’re taking our time out here.

I never take enough pictures of the people. I always get caught up in the moment and regret not capturing them later. When we made it to the Toaster House, we found ourselves in one of the bubbles and wound up extending our tramily. There’s a lot of awesome people out here! Got plenty of pie in Pie Town, and got my kitten fix too! After 3 days of drum and bass, pranks, and all around fun, it was time to push onward to Grants.

My feet are thrashed, I fell in the Gila River a couple times, we got hailed on, we’ve had a few big water carries, and have been sizzling in the sun. But we’ve been embracing the suck and things aren’t all that bad. We night hiked a couple times using the light of the moon and saw some amazing sunsets. We hiked our first marathon on trail, and Trigger cooked up a bangin’ meal for us at Davila Ranch. The scenery has been pretty damn awesome too. Life’s golden!

We escaped the Silver City vortex and began the Gila River Alternate. Wet feet is just a small price to pay for those views! Doc Campbell’s was incredibly hiker friendly and although we missed the Cliff Dwellings, we were rewarded with an incredible view on the High Route. LG! ☺️

The trail switched from flat, barren desert to hilly single track surrounded by junipers. Fueled by McDoubles 🍔, we hit our first 100 miles of the CDT. The controlled burns and lack of water re-routed us to Silver City via road walk. Besides my mangled feet, life’s good! ❤️

First 84 miles complete and we made it back to Lordsburg. It was hot and exposed. My feet are covered in blisters and I’m losing toenails. I’ve occasionally lost my bearings and we’ve been sleeping around cow poo. But ya know? There’s no place I’d rather be right now. We’ve already extended our tramily. The sunsets and blanket of stars at night have been incredible. And I’m having a blast! Things are off to a good start.

April 10th. Me. Frisbee. Hiking. Mexico to Canada. Continental Divide Trail. 3,100 miles. It’s go time. Hammer down. 🤘

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