Thru-Hiking Journal

Day 62 Forward progress: 8.8 miles Total distance on trail: 724.0 miles Packing up this morning was weird. I've been away from trail now for 2 full weeks. My legs are probably going to have to readjust and I'm no longer acclimated to the altitude. My pack has never been heavier; I'm carrying my winter gear (ice axe, microspikes, hiking pants, snow gaiters, waterproof socks), and since we're unsure of the conditions moving forward, we have 8 days of food for the upcoming 80 mi

Day 44 Forward progress: 13.7 miles Total distance on trail:  676.3 It feels like we did a million miles today for how much effort was put in. The whole day was hard. The first 11 miles were fun hard. The final 2.7 miles were brutal. I wanted to hit the SOS button and take an evac back to Chama. I actually meant to take today off, but I know the upcoming section is ripe with sketchy snow traverses, and I knew a lot of people were shuttling out, and there's strength in numbers