Tag: rain collector

Mistakes on Trail

Post author By cleanshave
Post date April 16, 2026
Categories In Arizona Trail, Hiking Journal

There are mistakes you make without realizing it. And then there are the ones you carry 30 miles in a Ziploc bag. The pizza was good. In town. Yesterday. Pizza doesn’t belong in a Ziploc bag in the Arizona sun for 12 hours. I knew that. I did it anyway. It deserved better than what […]

Changes on the AZT

Post author By cleanshave
Post date April 13, 2026
Categories In Arizona Trail, Hiking Journal

I didn’t expect the hardest part of this section to be what was missing. I walked out of town on the Legends of Superior Trail, chasing an alternative route I hadn’t taken before. Lost miles on the way to the rain collector, the only reliable water out here if you’re trying to avoid drinking from […]