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Day 5: A Nero in Lordsburg
April 27th 1mi N of Water Box(78.7)-Lordsburg, NM(85.3) Today's Mileage: 6.6mi My goal was to get into Lordsburg today by 9am, so I started hiking just before 7am. Today is what hikers call a "nero" day. That means a near zero hiking mileage day. I had 6.6mi to go to...
Day 4: Pretty Straight Forward
April 26th 4th Sam Hughes Cache at NM 113(57.9)-1mi N of Water Box(78.7) Today's Mileage: 20.8mi Those of you who read regularly know that I'm trying to do better with my food intake on trail. Well, I'm not off to the best start. I'm not very hungry and even nauseous...
Day 3: A Full Desert Day
April 25th Somewhere in cow poop(33)-4th Sam Hughes Cache at NM 113(57.9) Today's Mileage: 24.9mi We awoke to overcast skies this morning and were fortunate to hike the first half of the day without the sun beating down on us. We got started by 6:30am and the morning...
Day 2: Team Mirage Goin' Cross Country
April 24th 1st Sam Hughes Water Cache(13.7)-Somewhere in cow poop(33) Today's Mileage: 19.3mi+.4 from cache=19.7mi We've come up with a team name for however long we stick together. On the first day, when Strider saw us at the border, he said he certainly didn't...
Day 1: The Adventure Begins!
April 23rd Crazy Cook Monument(0)-1st Sam Hughes Water Cache(13.7mi) Today's Mileage: 13.7mi (+.4 off trail to the cache)=14.1mi We started the CDT today!!!! Wahoooo! We left Sam's at 7:30am and took the 2.5hr, long and bumpy ride to the border. Along the way, we met...
1 Day til Start Date…Calm, Relaxed, and Ready
Well, this is it! After a year and a half of dreaming and planning, I will start the Continental Divide Trail tomorrow. There is so much I want to say and I'm trying to find the best way to explain how this feels when there are so many layers of emotions and thoughts....
3 Days til Start Date: Final Notes & Updates…
Loving my final walk in the woods(Forest Park) before I set off for the desert. As I enter the final days before my CDT start date, I want to give an update on how things are progressing and some features of the blog I would like everyone to be aware of before I set...
Wired…A Gossamer Gear Trail Ambassador!
Mariposa Ultralight Backpack I'm excited to announce that I have become a Trail Ambassador for the lightweight backpacking company Gossamer Gear! Gossamer Gear describes their Trail Ambassadors as, "enthusiastic advocates of ultralight and lightweight backpacking,...
9 Days til Start Date: Argh! The Food!
I have finally completed the most daunting and draining part of the planning process for me...FOOD BOXES! I looked back on my PCT posts and noticed, I called this post “Tantrum Time.” Seeing as I feel pretty much the same way as I did two years ago, I thought I’d...
Followers, I Need A Favor!
Long story short, I started this blog using Disqus as a comment moderator. It worked wonderfully on my first hike and has since changed a bit. I am not yet able to change it without losing all my wonderful comments, so it will remain for now. I love having comments on...
16 Days til Start Date…CDT Care Packages
I've had many people ask me about sending care packages along the trail. I've added a Care Package tab at the top of the blog with the following information... Care Packages for thru hikers are a pretty cool thing. When I hiked the PCT, I found the care packages to be...
23 Days til Start Date…Lessening the Load!
Weighing the options for the CDT... I’ve always been aware that my base pack weight(weight before food and water) is a little on the heavy side for a thru hiker at just about 16lbs. I’ve always accepted it and not really thought about it because I never thought of...
27 Days til Start Date…Wired in Training
I technically started training for the Continental Divide Trail the weekend of the time change. I’ve been averaging at least 60hrs of work each week with the combination of daily substitute teaching and babysitting/nannying after school and on weekends. Many people...
38 Days til Start Date…Continental Dream Team
In my last post, I mentioned the website that lists who is hiking the CDT this summer. Many of you noticed some familiar names on that list that have overlapped with me in the past….that leads me to this post which I’ve been excited to write for awhile now! Many of my...
52 Days til Start Date…Wired’s on Facebook!
Click here to follow Walking With Wired on Facebook. Just this week, I started a Walking With Wired Facebook Page. I’m excited about it for many reasons. I primarily created this blog to make it easier for people to stay updated on my happenings and share what I’ve...