Long Distance Hiker

Daily Miles: 18 Total Miles: 126 Today was a really exhausting day. A great day, but also some really tough hiking. It got really cold last night and we all woke up chilly. Mace even had frost on his tent fly this morning. We all started … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 17 Total Miles: 108 It was another comfortable night of sleeping. Even though it got a bit colder just before dawn, it was still comfortable for sleeping. It was nice to wake up to blue skies...not a cloud in the sky. This morning … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 20 Total Miles: 91 When we woke up this morning, the rain had stopped, although the sky was still grey. It had been a warm night of sleeping which was really comfortable. We had all managed a good night of sleep, except MountainMan, … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 21 Total Miles: 71 After MountainMan and Ace made it to Sedona yesterday evening, we made it back to the trailhead just as it was getting dark. We walked in about a quarter mile on the trail and then headed off the trail a few hundred … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 10 Total Miles: 50 Last night was definitely warmer than the previous two nights. Being at a lower elevation certainly made a difference. When we were packing up this morning, we heard a noise which almost sounded like a camp stove, … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 20 Total Miles: 40 We all slept pretty good last night...probably because we were so worn out. But, we were ready to go again when our alarms went off at 6am. We managed to pack up a bit fast today. Hopefully we’ll keep getting … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 17 Total Miles: 20 Well, our first full day on the MRT was a big combination of pretty nice trail, pretty steep trail, and rocky wash walking. We can gauge the difficulty of the day by the amount of miles walked versus the amount of … [Read more...]