Long overdue photo dum from my Appalachian Trail attempt. I was going quite fast for a while, but overuse injuries have slowed me down. But I’ve made it from GA to the start of NH. 450 miles to go!
#AppalachianTrail #AT2025 #thruhike #nature #hiking #camping
Chapter 1 of the 8,000-mile Calendar Year Triple Crown just dropped. Enjoy!
#CYTC #thruhiking #AT2025 #hiking #camping #nature
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I’m tired for some reason.
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Giving it all I’ve got.
I’m on the Appalachian Trail starting my 8,000-mile Calendar Year Triple Crown attempt!
It has been frigid at times but is a blast!
Don’t know if I’ll succeed, but I’m giving it all I’ve got!
#hiking #thruhike #AT2025 #AppalachianTrail #camping #nature #travel
This Buckeye never expected to walk on a frozen creek in the Chihuahua Desert.
#NewMexico #ice #desert #nature #hiking
Dairy Queen took this shot. I love it.
#NewMexico #sunset
Part of an observatory complex. We observed the vista and our favorite star.
#hiking #nature #mountains #NewMexico #landscape
You more focused on photography or videography?
Great, lightweight setup you have there.
I’ve never used Lighter Pack. With my winter and camera gear, my base weight is a little shy of 20 lbs.
I’m afraid not. The quick math I did says I have a winter-gear base weight of a bit under 20 lbs.
I assume you’re referring to the yellow rain jacket. No alpha hoodie in this household, yet.
Here’s all my gear for the 8,000-mile hiking attempt. I’ll soon go from a rental home to just this. Crazy.
#hiking #camping #backpacking #CYTC
One of the last training hikes before the 8,000-mile attempt. Alamogordo, NM is on the valley floor.
#NewMexico #hiking #nature
The Land of Enchantment’s sunsets are ace.
#NewMexico #sunsets #sky #mountains #nature
Frozen waterfall was NOT on our NM bingo card. You surprise and wow us, Bridal Veil Falls.
#waterfall #NewMexico #nature #hiking #publiclands
She hates my shirt but loves the Sacramento Mountain’s and Chihuahua Desert’s terrain.
#NewMexico #hiking #mountains
My wife, Dairy Queen, has custody of their office mascot, Mort the Sasquatch, this week. We took him to his first White Sands visit. He digs the dunes.
#WhiteSands #NewMexico #NationalParks #PublicLands #BigfootSighting
Until I’m 6-ft under, I’ll soak in every petroglyph possible.
#petroglyphs #NewMexico #publiclands
Here’s a screen grab preview of my upcoming 8,000-Mile Hike YouTube series.
The starting line is within site!
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Soon.
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If you open this, the scope and scale of hiking’s Calendar Year Triple Crown becomes clearer. Looking forward to starting the odyssey.
#thruhiking #hiking #backpacking #camping #CYTC
Congrats to THE National Champion Ohio State Buckeyes!!!
I’m a kid again!
#OSU #GoBucks #CFB #CFB #OhioAgainstTheWorld
Never pass on an opportunity to bathe in the desert’s golden light.
#hiking #desert #NewMexico #mountains
I know about Peg Leg’s odyssey. She’s a badass! I hope our paths cross, but I’ll likely be eating her dust!
Now this is my kind of old school cool.
#PCT #thruhiking #hiking #camping
Thank you!
It’s called the Calendar Year Triple Crown. One achieves this by completing the Appalachian, Pacific Crest and Continental Divide trails within a year.
The 8,000-mile hike draws closer. I see brutal days on the horizon, but memories remind me that the good days make the struggle worthwhile.
#hiking #camping #nature #landscapes #mountains
Living near White Sands National Park’s sunsets is stellar.
#NewMexico #sunsets #publiclands