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Now blogging from North Carolina's Triad (Greensboro/Winston-Salem/Highpoint) and hiking the trails as I find them.

All New: Map page for my North Carolina hikes

Most of the content here reflects five years worth of hikes in the San Francisco Bay Area. I've created a Guide to Bay Area Hikes for those who are looking for nice dirt paths to trod in Northern California.

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Archive for the ‘Continental Divide Trail’ Category

Up and down the Continental Divide

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

Rocky Mountain News interviews Francis Tapon, who’s yo-yo-ing the CDT this year.

What is your experience hiking through the CDT’s Colorado segment?

The scenery is amazingly beautiful. The hike is rough. I hiked from Cumbres Pass in the San Juan Mountains on May 3 and then within one hour, I threw up. I’m not sure if it was the altitude or food poisoning. That day, I vomited seven times. Then a foot of snow dumped on my tarp. The next day I endured a windy snowstorm.

And he likes this so much he’s doing it twice in the same season. His Web site is here.

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Haiku’s getting ready for another long hike

Sunday, January 7th, 2007

Haiku, last seen accompanying Treehugger and others for a couple thousand miles up the Pacific Crest Trail last summer, plans to hike the Continental Divide Trail this summer. What he’s up to now:

I’m preparing/dehydrating food for my food drops.

I’m building a new pack.

I’m working 60+ hours a week.

I’m brewing beer.

I’m running to stay in shape.

I’m sometimes setting up my tent in my apartment and crawling into my sleeping bag and sleeping in it.

Now that’s what I call mental preparation. And he’s ready when the loser upstairs falls asleep drunk in the tub and floods the bathroom.

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