What goes up, must come down. Pushing it so hard yesterday, I think I flew a bit to close to the sun; consequentially today was brutal. Ironically the very beginning of the hike was quite pleasant. But it would not Read More …

Last night in the cabin was indeed a pleasure. It was very nice to lie in bed not feeling sticky for a change. As soon as I hit the lights I fell asleep. No howling wind, no cold, no flapping Read More …

Got moving pretty early today, before six. Today would be a leisure day. Only 8 miles left into Warner Springs. After hiking out, I soon entered the yellow grassland plains on the basin floor. It was very misty and gorgeous. Read More …

Last night I’ve had the best nights sleep on trail yet. In the riverbed valley there was hardly any wind, and it was not a cold night. I probably started hiking around six. Pretty soon after I hit the trail Read More …

My patched up air bed has survived the night! I did wake up a bunch a times because there were heavy winds, making my tent tarp flap like crazy. I set my alarm at 0500, but the snooze-button got the Read More …