Caught a windy hitch into Mesa with some chicken feed in the bed of a pick-up truck. Avoiding the storm. #AZT #hitchhiking
Author: cleanshave
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 […]
Future Dreaming
When you’ve just finished building the future but nobody knows… QmcM1aKFTnm64Gf8pm1FQ3C1wXGw7yb8qtjUKyRge4Y5Wq
Stellar Drones: Chapter 1
“Money is the most important thing,” Siemens said, raising his glass of expensive Macallan single malt whisky, “He who understands it, prospers, those who don’t, suffer.” Alicia Bold nodded in agreement, impressed by the toast. Ned, on the other hand, couldn’t help but wonder if he should correct Siemens’s misquotation of Einstein’s famous phrase about […]
XH5 Monthly Report 036
Still Here Hello Friends, I apologize for not posting last month’s report as promised. The truth is, there hasn’t been much to report on lately with the Shave Vault being permanently locked. Most of the XH5 token redemption is now fully automated, which means there isn’t much for me to do on that front, and […]