I woke up super early in the lodge. It seems I've lost the ability to really sleep in now, damn. I felt a little nauseous so all I could do was lay in bed and hope it went away. I laid like this for a couple hours until I decided to get up and get …
Continue reading Day 4 – Nothing Gained, Everything Ventured
I woke up at around 7:30, yay I slept in! Today was my first zero day. The prospect seemed weird to me, I don't have to work, I don't have to hike, I don't have a house or computer or house cleaning to do. So what does a person do? Buying groceries certainly won't take …
Why did I camp in Morena? Everything and everyone is so loud, the breeze from the lake is freezing! I couldn't sleep at all and it sucked. We were so packed in that I felt bad for even getting up to pee (If you're not on trail yet, you will know the horror of having …
I woke up to my alarm screaming at me at 5:30AM: "Get up! Get your gear! Get up!". Okay fine! Despite all the nerves and butterflies, I actually slept pretty well. Saying goodbye to the bed was a difficult moment for me. I took a shower and got all my stuff together. What should have …
Ah, one of my favorite items of gear. These are the pants that started my descent into ounce counting madness, what pushed me out of my comfort zone of conventional hiking clothing. They freed me from the shackles of hiking pants. They freed me from the sweaty prison that is rain pants. I saw someone …
It's a big spooky El Nino year in 2016, so traction for getting over snow/ice is a big ticket item (for me). While most went for microspikes, I went a little crazy and went with hiking crampons. Why? I'd heard about microspikes slipping off people's shoes on inclines. Whether or not that's a constant problem …
The Limping Rabbit 