Hiking 4500km/2800m on the Continental Divide Trail from Canada to Mexico. The CDT’s motto is embrace the brutality. Let’s find out if this was true.
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CDT – Colorado
Timing Colorado had been hyped up and talked about for months. Going south on the CDT means you want to hit Colorado roughly at the beginning of September. That gives you about a month to get through it before the snow season starts in the San Juan Mountains in southern Colorado around late September to…
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CDT – Wyoming
One idea and one idea only: Wyoming is a gem. Nobody really hypes it up and that’s exactly why it works. Wyoming is a 100% real experience when you’re not expecting too much. Wyoming slaps. Reaching Wyoming Up until Wyoming we were basically not taking any days off. One day off in the whole of…
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CDT – Montana (Southern Montana / Idaho) (2/2)
Mellow Montana Getting back to the trail from Augusta usually means paying some guy 20 or 30 bucks to drive you down a dusty road squeezed into the back of a truck. We decided to try hitching instead and managed to pull it off in three rides. After the second one we got dropped off…
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CDT – Montana (1/2)
Again, why? Why did I choose to embark on a cross-USA adventure again? It’s a great question with no single real answer. I suppose it’s a mix of everything but most importantly, it’s something I’m good at. I like the raw experiences and after completing 2 master’s degrees, this was a celebration for me. Additionally,…