Date: 11/6/20 Miles: 23.4Total Miles: 2445.3 To walk away now would be madness. Not unlike the mystery behind Franz Schubert’s Eighth Symphony—better known as the Unfinished Symphony—which remained unfinished for reasons that were known only to the composer himself, our own symphony of a CDT thru-hike remains incomplete but only for one more day. 12...
Donald Trump is Still a Clown
Date: 11/5/20 Miles: 25.2Total Miles: 2421.9 And now, for something completely different... Four years ago, I walked off the Pacific Crest Trail on the fringe of the Mojave Desert and into the cool sanctuary of a hotel lobby. There on the television was a man giving a press conference so cringeworthy, so comically fraught with...
To the Boot Heel
Date: 11/4/20 Miles: 22.7Total Miles: 2396.7 While Lordsburg floated into the distance behind us, we were swallowed by the great wide open now surrounding us. Not a tree in sight, not a cloud in the sky, and not a breath of the wind that, until now, had been a constant companion to help offset the...
Entr’acte
Date: 11/3/20 Miles: 4.6Total Miles: 2374.0 In less than 5 miles, there's only so much excitement that can happen. In the hours before taking even the first step of those 5 miles, we tossed and turned in our little home on the windswept and sun baked sands of the desert outside of Lordsburg. Like a...
A Dream of Canada
Date: 11/2/20 Miles: 23.0Total Miles: 2369.4 August may not be an enjoyable time to find yourself in the desert, but November certainly is. Rather than boiling the water in our water bottles, the temperature topped out in the mid-seventies yet again. Combined with an unrelenting sun, it’s enough to remind you of where you are...