I’d walked away from myself just as much as I’d walked away from society. After a month of silence, alone in the mountains, it was time to mingle with the other apes. I travelled south, from Breckenridge to Fairplay and beyond by connecting local buses, to end up stealth camping in Salida. Then hitchhiking from […]
Around mile 100 on the Colorado Trail I stopped hiking completely. Just outside of Breckenridge, where I’d quit hiking two years prior for a different sort of adventure. And yet here I was again, having lost faith in humanity somewhere in between. I camped there in the mountains for almost a month. Laying with mountain […]
The midnight train to Boston cost $11 and I only had $7 in my pocket. “How much is it?” I asked the conductor who looked like he needed a nap. “Don’t worry about it,” he said. And with that, the impossible just became possible. A last minute decision, a cheap flight, and I arrive in […]
Got a little sidetracked after I got off trail… #ilovemushrooms
Never quit a long-distance hike on a bad day. That’s the rule. From Kenosha Pass to Highway 9 on the Colorado Trail was thirty-two miles, and though I’d only done a little over a hundred miles altogether, I knew I was done. The sickness that had slowed me down had finally passed, but it felt […]
From sea level to the Mile High City, somewhere along the way I’d picked up a head cold. Unable to breathe through my nose, with lung capacity diminished and lacking the energy to hike under a relentless sun, I passed out at Waterton Canyon Trailhead. Dizzy and nauseous, I slept for hours before summoning the […]
I woke up in Terminal C of Denver International Airport, having slept on the floor, beneath unforgiving lights. Because people are afraid of each other, I spent another two days stealth camped outside of a UPS store. Waiting for things you aren’t supposed to bring on an airplane. Trekking poles, tent stakes, a pocket knife. […]