Trail Day 133 CDT Miles: 2119 Hiked Today: 22 Destination: Near Divide, north of Leadville Ruins We must have slept through the alarm. It's 6:23 according to...
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Sep 2, 2006 3:43 pm
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Trail Day 135 CDT Miles: 2163 Miles Hiked Today: 22 Destination: Divide above Dana Spring We're hiking around 6:45 on a very cold morning. I wear my mitts and...
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Sep 4, 2006 11:23 pm
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Trail Day 136 CDT Miles: 2183 Hiked Today: 20 miles Destination: Poorman Creek Happy birthday, Mala! A squirrel scolds us from somewhere in a tree above our...
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Sep 4, 2006 11:27 pm
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TD 132 CDT Miles: 2103 Hiked Today: 16 miles Destination: 3 miles east of Barrel Springs There isn't any loud talking or shouting from or construction workers...
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Sep 4, 2006 11:27 pm
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We leave the public road and pass through a gate onto a dirt road crossing over rolling hills alongside a narrow brook. Cottonwood trees grow along the creases...
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Sep 5, 2006 3:43 pm
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Trail Day 137 CDT miles: 2193 Hiked Today: 10 Destination: Sportsman Motel, Lincoln We're awake in advance of the alarm and decide to start our day early....
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Sep 5, 2006 3:45 pm
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We both go to the laundromat to put the clothes into the dryer. A Labor Day special at the Deli offers 50-cent ice cream cones. I get one; Spur gets his 2nd...
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Sep 5, 2006 3:50 pm
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Trail Day: 141 CDT MIles: 2254 Hiked Today: 6 miles Destination: South Fork Sun River We have no alarm set for this morning. We'll wake when we wake, we...
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Sep 13, 2006 10:58 pm
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Trail Day 138 CDT Miles: 2205 Hiked Today: 12 Destination: Copper Creek Campgrounds There's no alarm to wake us, but I'm awake around 6 AM. Spur is still...
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Sep 13, 2006 11:00 pm
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Trail Day 140 CDT Miles: 2248 Miles Hiked Today: 21 Destination: Benchmark Ranch It takes us 4 rounds of chiming of the alarms to get us going this morning....
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Sep 13, 2006 11:00 pm
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Trail Day: 143 CDT Miles: 2301 Hiked Today: 23 Destination: Dolly Varden Creek Spur's alarm sounds at 5:40; he'd forgotten to reset it for a later time. We...
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Sep 13, 2006 11:02 pm
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Trail Day: CDT Miles: 2279 Hiked Today: 25 miles Destination: Headwaters of the Spotted Bear River We're hiking by 7AM. It takes longer to eat granola than...
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Sep 13, 2006 11:02 pm
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Trail Day: 139 CDT Miles: 2227 Hiked Today: 22 miles Destination: Dearborn River Happy Birthday, Spur! It's Spur's alarm that wakes us this morning. I never...
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Sep 13, 2006 11:05 pm
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Trail Day 144 CDT Miles: Hiked Today: 25 Miles Destination: Skyland Road, south of Marias Pass We don't get up right away after the alarm sounds. In fact, we...
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Sep 13, 2006 11:07 pm
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There has been some great trail work in this section. We walk on long stretches of rock boxes. The sun casts rosy rays of light onto the trail. The smoke of...
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Sep 13, 2006 11:09 pm
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Trail Day 145 CDT Miles: 2348 Miles Hiked Today: 22 Destination: Whispering Swan Motel, East Glacier We get up with the 3rd chiming of the alarm. It's not too...
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Sep 13, 2006 11:15 pm
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We're up with the dawn, before, actually. We're going to have breakfast at the Whistle Stop with our hiker friends, Karla, 5-Gallon, Thermo, Adam, and...
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Sep 14, 2006 3:38 pm
585
Trail Day 147 CDT Miles: 2370 Hiked Today: 22 miles Destination: Blackfeet Reservation I sleep poorly. It's really hard to wake up this morning, but we've...
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Sep 17, 2006 7:11 pm
586
TD148 CDT miles: 2388 Hiked Today: 18 miles Destination: Cabin at Rising Sun Resort The alarms sound simultaneously. We ignore the 1st series of chimes, but...
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Sep 17, 2006 7:13 pm
587
Trail Day 151 Total CDT Miles: 2432 Hiked Today: 10 Destination: Chief Mountain Border Station We're both wide awake before the alarm even sounds. Guess we're...
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Sep 20, 2006 12:55 am
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Trail Day 134 CDT Miles: 2141 Miles Hiked Today: 27 Destination: Little Blackfoot River, near Elliston The alarm sounds at 5:45 and again at 5:50. We slowly...
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Sep 20, 2006 1:00 am
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We eat hurriedly and put all our food and scented stuff into the bear boxes provided. How nice! We expected to have to hang our food. Bear boxes are so much...
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Sep 20, 2006 1:03 am
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Trail Day 149 CDT Miles: 2412 Hiked Today: 24 Miles Destination: Many Glacier, Swiftcurrent Lodge Happy birthday, Debbie! We exit our cabin by 6:50. Instead of...
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Sep 20, 2006 1:03 am
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We reach the trailhead at just about 12:30. We're delighted to see Carolina Cruiser and Karma in the parking lot. They have chairs set up for us to "take a...
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Sep 20, 2006 1:04 am
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Guy, our journal transcriber, had been a lederhosen-clad bellhop back in the 80's. Alas, we learn that the bellman no longer sport this attire. Instead, they...
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Sep 20, 2006 1:13 am
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Trail Day 150 CDT Miles: 2422 Miles Hiked Today: 10 Destination: Elizabeth Lake We get up with the alarm this morning. We're supposed to meet Jim & Ginny at 7...
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Sep 20, 2006 1:15 am
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Hiked today: 12 LT Miles: 22 Tented at Hell Hollow Brook We're hiking by 7:10. The ground is wet and the leaves are dripping from last night's several bouts of...
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Aug 28, 2007 12:50 pm
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Hiked today: 16 LT Miles: 38 Pond near Story Spring Shelter We get a slightly later start this morning. Packing up wet tents once again, we're hiking by 7:20....
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Aug 28, 2007 12:51 pm
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Miles hiked: 10 (including the approach) Tented on crest of Constipation Peak Spur is the first up, followed right after by Bodacious. It's not long after that...
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Aug 28, 2007 12:55 pm
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Sutton's B&B, Manchester Center Hiked Today: LT Miles: We're awake unusually early this morning. I have not slept well. Somehow, I've not managed to get...
