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The Return To The Matrix
The following 2 weeks have been a whirlwind, but in the best way possible. The good times kept on coming, just one day removed from trail. I woke up
Day 164 – The Katahdin Arrival (Fallacy)
My alarm went off earlier than it had all trail long, with the exception of my 2AM wake up before attempting (and failing) the 4-State Challenge. I
Day 163 – The Day Before Katahdin
I woke up well rested but in no hurry to start the day. Today was a day for savoring. Today was a slow burn kind of day. The kind where all moods are
Day 162 – “I Love That You Get Cold When It’s 71 Degrees Out”
I woke up to sunlight bathing my tent near my pond-side location. It was a suboptimal site for tenting and roots permitted sleeping in only a couple
Day 161 – The End Is Near
I woke up to an empty shelter. It was mildly alarming, not because I knew anyone in the shelter. But rather when I went to sleep it was full, and
Day 160 – The Water Filter Hack Sawyer Doesn’t Want You To Know About
The sun woke me from my TBC around 7. The group has been calling their sleeping bags a ‘Toasty Bitch Cocoon.’ I was fully happy and warm in mine and
Day 159 – Discomfort Is Where Growth Happens
The daylight woke me from my tent just before 7AM. I could hear the rushing of the river next to us. I was trying to perceive, based on sound alone,
Day 158 – Why I Quit In The Hundred Mile Wilderness
Or rather why I wanted to quit (you thought I was done with click bait titles didn’t you?). Also sorry for the delay, Wi-Fi in the 100 Mile
Day 157 – The Famous Shaws Hiker Hostel
We all woke up between 6 and 7 and conversed while we ate breakfast. Wiki, Orphan, Feral Goat, Purple Pioneer, Hays, and I all seem to hike a similar
Day 156 – Dayglow
Despite not sleeping well, I was up around 7:30 for breakfast at the Sterling Inn. It was a decent spread of cold continental breakfast items and