What I thought was going to be one night walking across the desert mountains has turned into three nights. I’m hurting, my pack is too heavy, and it’s way too beautiful out here to hurry. #AZT #sobo
Author: cleanshave
Stealth Camping Superior, AZ
Nothing to do. Not enough battery life to be on my phone. So I meditate, wondering how many people could do 40 Days and Nights in the wilderness these days. Even if all of your food and shelter was taken care of, how long would you last without your phone? Without contact of any kind? […]
Legends of Superior Trail
LOST, Legends of Superior Trail connecting the town of Superior with the Arizona Trail. Waiting on some mail so I’m just going to walk it back and forth for a couple of days and cowboy camp under the stars watching the Big Dipper circle around the North Star. #AZT #cowboycamping
Hitchhiking into Mesa, AZ
Caught a windy hitch into Mesa with some chicken feed in the bed of a pick-up truck. Avoiding the storm. #AZT #hitchhiking
Four Peaks Wilderness, AZT
Beautiful trail, a little snow, water filter breakdown, bears? But good fortune says the cookie, so I rested easy. Despite the storm warning. #AZT #hiking #sobo
Freezing on the AZT
Good morning Arizona Trail! A bit frosty on Passage 21, my shoes are frozen solid after several river crossings and leaving them out all night. Sycamore Creek was thigh deep. Might just mean trying out my gortex socks until the shoes thaw out. #AZT #hiking #sobo
Lil Wes, or the Little Western Route
This is Lil Wes, or the Little Western Route, a series of trails I put together in the hopes of having a year-round hiking route. #hiking #thruhike #hikertrash
XH5 Monthly Report 037
Coming to America Hello Friends, This is my last month living in Mexico for a while, time to head back to the United States to live in the backcountry desert of Arizona. The good thing about XH5 is that other than my regular token buyback schedule, it is completely automated. Even if I die of […]
The Great Cross of Hendaye
An Alchemical Warning in Stone Deep in the town square of Hendaye, in the French Pyrenees near the border with Spain, stands a mysterious monument that has perplexed esoteric scholars for centuries. Known as the Great Cross of Hendaye, this 17th-century stone cross is more than a religious symbol, according to some interpretations, it is […]
Save Akoin
How a Noble Vision for Africa Was Undone—and How to Fix It Akoin was launched with a bold vision to empower African entrepreneurs and revolutionize economic opportunity across the continent. Built on the Stellar blockchain, it was supposed to unify fragmented currencies, facilitate digital commerce, and give young people the tools to create, earn, and […]