Day 3 – July 6, 2014 Odometer Reading: 29.4 miles Miles today: 12.5 Camped: Lyell Canyon – elevation 8,886 Today’s Key to Success: Catching the Last Shuttle We slept so, so well. It was a cold and perfect night with no wind. I wore my down booties, and was grateful Read more…
Day 2 – July 5, 2014 Odometer Reading: 16.90 miles Miles today: 11.76 Camped: in Long Meadow Today’s Key to Success: Trekking umbrellas “No vomiting,” Aidan said, “You need those calories.” He petted my head. It was 1:30 am. It had to be the heat. I barely slept, so Aidan Read more…
Day 1 – July 4, 2014 Odometer Reading: 5.14 miles Miles today: 5.14 Camped: near Nevada Falls Today’s Key to Success: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale 4am came, loud and unapologetic. Don’t get up don’t get up don’t get up yet, I silently pleaded. Aidan got up. After several rounds of Read more…
5am: “I need to put an extra hair tie on the list. Rar Rar Rar. Aaaah!” I flailed my arms about. Aidan: “I’m not participating in rar-rar-aah.” He flailed his arms about, mocking me and smiling. 5am: “Good call. You’re totally right. No more rar-aahs. We’re going to be on vacation Read more…
I sat in my office, sipping on a delicious iced coffee, feeling grateful for the little heater I named Fred. Fred keeps me sane. He stoically combats the relentless air conditioning that blasts me in the head all day. Then I saw the weather report for the Yosemite Valley through the weekend. Sunny and Read more…
We had a friend who was going to run, literally, our resupply up Kearsarge Pass and meet us on the trail. Even the offer was amazing. Pre-trail magic? Then she scored an awesome new position and was unable to take the leave needed to make the trip. We’re super happy for Read more…
“Hey buddy, where’s my sock?” Sherlock tilted his head. “What did you do with my sock? This sock.” I held up my lone Injinji sock. He touched it with his nose. “Good boy, show me SOCK. Yes, SOCK.” He touched it again and swished his tail…and did.not.move. I tore Read more…
Do we have too much food? Not enough? It’s really hard to tell. In spite of our careful calculations and meticulous math, we can ultimately only hope we’re close enough for government work. Here’s our resupply for Red’s Meadow… I don’t know. I do know that by 8pm last Read more…
“Hurry up,” I tell my wrist, “You’ve got five days to heal.” Last week I got up early to work out. I got my weights out and set them by the door. Half-asleep, I skipped around the room to warm up, and immediately tripped over the weights I’d just placed there. Read more…
Being bored of food with no way of acquiring anything different just plain sucks. Reminds me of college. We needed a large variety of consumables. We thought about dehydrating food and putting together little recipes like we’ve done for smaller trips. We have three dehydrators, after all. Time to put Read more…