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Just as predicted, the rains pulled away their loathsome curtain to reveal a stunning morning. We had misty mountain moodiness settling in little cracks…

We are tracing the left outline of the San Felipe Mountains. We are wandering along a ridgeline three quarters of the way up the…

Today was hard, vaguely post apocalyptic, and, I can not stress enough that it was windy. The storm we have been both running from…

This morning I wished for down pants, like Melissa Arnot and the rest of my heroes wear on Everest. Then I wished for my…

I am in a boulder field listening to the tent go flap flap flap. The winds came up on us four hours ago, all…

Today we took a nero. That’s thru hiker talk for near zero — a rest day where you still hike a bit.  Avry has…

We walked up all day long. We woke up early and hung around in camp late. We dried all of our bags and mats…

Today the hiking felt normal. We woke up, wondered at the pink sunrise at the foot of our tent, and spent an entire hour…

The last few weeks have been a blaze. One immediately important thing right before the next. I haven’t had a moment to think about…