Ready to go – dinners are made, maps/guides broken down and resupply boxes packed up. Boxes are a bit fuller than previous hikes – more calories! Helped out a fellow 2013 PCT hiker a few weeks ago on the start to his AZT-GET-CDT adventure. Picked up Hiker Box and Heartbreaker at the Tucson airport and drove them to Montezuma Pass near the Mexican border to start the AZT leg. We hosted them for a zero day a week later as…
Just had a nice visit by son and family down from Helena, MT – future trail angels! Not much hiking with an almost one and almost three-year-old in tow. Played the tourist with a trip to the zoo and a fascinating trip to the Pima Air & Space Museum. A little golf and sampled some fine IPA’s and Belgian Style Ales from some great new microbreweries in town. And then came down with a bad cold – I guess I…
So what has changed since my last post? For starters, my 60th birthday, not something I have been looking forward to but any reason to celebrate is a good thing I have made quite a few gear changes for the CDT that gets my base weight under 12 lbs. My feet and legs will thank me and cuben fiber for this! Tinkered a bit with the new gear – a little practice erecting the new ZPacks tent in gusty winds….
Slowly getting things organized – got the Ley and Brown CDT maps, Yogi’s handbook and downloaded Guthook’s CDT Hiker app. Giving some serious thought to gear and expect to drop at least 5 lbs off my base weight. Happy with my old gear but it’s worn and so many opportunities out there. My legs and feet will eventually thank me. Been awhile since I updated my gear list so may do that in a future post. A few things on…
