Below are our gear lists for the 2018 hiking season. Our two big trips, The Grand Enchantment Trail and The Great Divide Trail, have slightly different gear needs. On the GET, we didn't believe we could hammock, so we took a ground setup … [Read more...]
Hammock or Tent Setup – Which is heavier?
This question gets asked of us somewhat regularly when on trail. Like many things that have multiple components and even small complexities - the answer is...it depends. Largely, it depends on how light your ground setup is. When SweetPea and I … [Read more...]
The Importance Of Dead Reckoning
First of all, what is Dead Reckoning? From Wikipedia - “In navigation, dead reckoning is the process of calculating one's current position by using a previously determined position, or fix, and advancing that position based upon known or estimated … [Read more...]
Grand Enchantment Trail Photos 2018
The Grand Enchantment Trail is the first real 'route' type trail that we have hiked. Designed by Brett Tucker, the GET is a nearly 800 mile route that travels from Phoenix, Arizona to Albuquerque, New Mexico through a wide variety of terrain and … [Read more...]
Grand Enchantment Trail (GET) – Post Hike Thoughts
Reflections on the Grand Enchantment Trail (GET)After 44 hiking days, we completed The Grand Enchantment Trail on May 22nd, 2018. Below are some afterthoughts on the hike. These are both reflections as well as ideas from the trail that we knew we … [Read more...]
GET Day 44: Sandia Mountain Wilderness
Daily Miles: 24 Total Miles: 787 Well, the trail ended in true GET style...basically one doozy of a day. Here goes... We slept in a bit and got a ride back to the trail from the hostel owner. We got to the trail at 8:45am, thinking we had a mellow … [Read more...]
GET Day 43: Tijeras
Daily Miles: 18 Total Miles: 763 Once we put our earplugs in we slept like babies, even with all the traffic commuting into ABQ in the morning. While the sky was heavy with thick grey clouds when we got up, it didn’t rain at all last night. We had … [Read more...]
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