Apart from the mini Grand Canyon traverse Drew and I tried a few years ago, this was the hardest trip I've been on to date. I always have backpacking ideas bouncing around in my head, but for the time being I want to keep returning to Hayduke sections. This time I looked at section three: … Continue reading Life Doesn’t Get Better in Young’s Canyon
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Arches and Endless Canyons
It's nice to have a backpacking project and the Hayduke Route is definitely one of my favorite projects to date. After hiking 200+ miles of the route last year, I knew I had to keep picking away at the route this winter. This time I decided to start at the beginning of the route in … Continue reading Arches and Endless Canyons
Caught in a Superstition Wilderness Time Warp
Shortly after my Hayduke section trip in November, Clay started talking about a route he put together in the Superstition Wilderness that we hiked the beginning of December. Leaving from Woodbury Trailhead and ending at Tortilla Flat, his route would connect Fish Creek Canyon to Peters Canyon somewhere in the middle. He had hiked the … Continue reading Caught in a Superstition Wilderness Time Warp
Grand Canyon Dreaming
My biggest backpacking dream at this point is a traverse of the Grand Canyon. This started out as just an idea, simply something fun to imagine. A full traverse of the Canyon is over 800 miles, most of it off trail, weaving in and out of side canyon after side canyon. This first trip started … Continue reading Grand Canyon Dreaming
Everyone Needs a Drew in Their Life
Going into the start of 2022 I had two sections of the AZT left. A seventy-five mile section at the southern border and a ninety mile section through the Rincon and Catalina Mountains. I knew I would have a hiking partner for the southern most section and that I wanted to do the last big … Continue reading Everyone Needs a Drew in Their Life
Never Underestimate a Second Chance
Vineyard Trailhead to Rogers Trough Trailhead- January 7-9, 2021- 29 miles I hoped to hike more of the AZT after the 2020 fire season, but unfortunately many of the sections I had left to complete burned that summer. I also wasn't feeling confident enough yet to try the Mazatzal Wilderness solo again. I considered just … Continue reading Never Underestimate a Second Chance
Trail #31, The Highline
I'm very behind on writing about anything backpacking related. Prior to this trip I've finished the AZT and completed a couple trips in the Canyon that inspired even bigger adventures to come. I will write about those trips eventually, but for now completing the Highline is the trip I'm most excited to share (and also … Continue reading Trail #31, The Highline
When In Doubt, Take a Hiking Partner
The original plan was to be done with the whole AZT just in time for the holidays. Due to the rain and my lack of enthusiasm to continue hiking by myself I've completed 510 miles on the trail, meeting the over 500 mile goal. I will finish up the remaining miles in the spring and … Continue reading When In Doubt, Take a Hiking Partner
No Longer On a Highway
I've officially made it to Flagstaff, AZ, a little over 200 miles down the Arizona Trail! It has been quite an adjustment for me completing these first couple hundred miles, which I'll go into later, but first a recap and some photos of the past ten days through Northern Arizona. My parents dropped my hiking … Continue reading No Longer On a Highway
Thru-Hike #2: The Grand Canyon State
Thru-hike number two: 788 miles on the Arizona National Scenic Trail. It seems only logical that my next thru-hike travel through my home state. Outside of brief adventures in New Mexico and Australia, I lived all twenty-four years of my life in Arizona. I love everything about Arizona’s landscapes and I’m apparently obsessed with challenges, … Continue reading Thru-Hike #2: The Grand Canyon State
Sprinkles of Walks and Thoughts 