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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?”

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!

Mountains and Wilderness

July 16, 2019/4 Comments/in Awesome, CDT, CDT Blog 2019, Continental Divide Trail, Hiker Hunger, Long Distance Hiking, thruhiking, Trekking, USA, Woods /by Heidi

Off we go, once again back to the trail. I did check the weatherforecast just before we left town.

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!

Wild Horses

June 13, 2019/4 Comments/in Animals, Awesome, CDT, CDT Blog 2019, Continental Divide Trail, Desert, Fear, Food, Hiker Hunger, Ice Axe, Long Distance Hiking, Snow, USA /by Heidi

Plan A stands!

Felix just talked on the phone to Barbara. He got her phone number from the local grocery store.

Thunder in Colorado

June 7, 2019/7 Comments/in Awesome, CDT, CDT Blog 2019, Continental Divide Trail, Desert, Fear, Long Distance Hiking, Plans, Snow, thruhiking, Trekking, USA /by Heidi

I am laying in my hotel bed in South Fork. Felix went over to the gasstation to get us our mandatory pizza! Yes! They sell Pizza at gasstations in the US!

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!)