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Yes and No

September 3, 2020/9 Comments/in 2020, Awesome, Baselland, bivvy, Gear, Hiker Hunger, Hiker Trash, Long Distance Hiking, Pain, Plans, Pre Trail Thoughts, Psyche, Switzerland, thruhiking, Trekking, Weitwandern, Woods /by Heidi

Hello friends!

“How are you all keeping up?”

“How have you been all this time since we spoke?”

So Hard To Say Goodbye

August 8, 2019/7 Comments/in CDT Blog 2019, Continental Divide Trail, Fear, Food, Hiker Trash, Post Trail Thoughts, Public Transport, Trekking, USA /by Heidi

Well, first of all:

“Thank you for all your kind words, comments and private messages. It touched my deeply that you are with me!”

The Twist

August 1, 2019/11 Comments/in Awesome, CDT, CDT Blog 2019, Continental Divide Trail, Hiker Trash, Long Distance Hiking, Pain, Plan B, thruhiking, USA /by Heidi

We hang out at the monument a bit before we hike onwards and enjoy the precious moment just for a little bit longer.

Glacier Nationalpark

July 24, 2019/7 Comments/in Animals, Awesome, CDT, CDT Blog 2019, Continental Divide Trail, Fear, Hiker Trash, Long Distance Hiking, Snow, thruhiking, USA, Vertigo /by Heidi

The coming section will be special and we are both greatly looking forward to it! We will be hiking through Glacier Nationalpark!

Still Northbound!

July 2, 2019/5 Comments/in Animals, Awesome, CDT, CDT Blog 2019, Continental Divide Trail, Gear, Hiker Trash, Learnings, Long Distance Hiking, thruhiking, Trekking, USA /by Heidi

There is Dale! Our meetup works out perfectly!

We are in the Basin!

June 26, 2019/12 Comments/in Awesome, CDT, CDT Blog 2019, Continental Divide Trail, Desert, Fear, Hiker Trash, Learnings, Long Distance Hiking /by Heidi

Alright! Enough zero days!

We bloody gotta do “The Basin” now! No point in waiting any longer!

“Lightning storms you can come! Bring ’em’ on!

Onwards in the Snow

May 31, 2019/13 Comments/in CDT, CDT Blog 2019, Continental Divide Trail, Fear, Gear, Hiker Hunger, Hiker Trash, Long Distance Hiking, Pacific Crest Trail 2017, Snow, thruhiking, Trekking, USA, ZPack Duplex Ultralight Two Person Tent /by Heidi

So yes, we made it all the way to Colorado! For quite a while now we have been thinking that we need to bail out once we make it to Colorado.

I mean, bloody hell, it’s still snowing up here!

Meth and Snow

May 25, 2019/10 Comments/in CDT, Continental Divide Trail, Food, Hiker Trash, Long Distance Hiking, Pacific Crest Trail 2017, Plans, Snow, thruhiking, Trekking, USA /by Heidi

Off we drive into Albuquerque, aka the “Meth Capitol”. (You guys who have seen “Breaking Bad” know what I mean!)

Playing in Snow and Mud

May 16, 2019/12 Comments/in Awesome, CDT, CDT Blog 2019, Continental Divide Trail, Desert, Fear, Hiker Trash, Long Distance Hiking, Pacific Crest Trail 2017, Public Transport, Trekking, USA, ZPack Duplex Ultralight Two Person Tent /by Heidi

Alright, just some tiny more roadwalking and then we will hit Grants, our next town for shower, food, resupply, laundry, bed!

Adventurous Days and Cold Nights

April 29, 2019/10 Comments/in CDT, CDT Blog 2019, Continental Divide Trail, Desert, Fear, Food, Hiker Hunger, Hiker Trash, Long Distance Hiking, Pacific Crest Trail 2017, Plan B, USA, ZPack Duplex Ultralight Two Person Tent /by Heidi

Alright, we have all calmed down after the recent events and have now some road walking to do, out of Silver City. Road walking is terrible for the feet, hips and knees, but the CDT has apparently plenty of it.