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Greetings all! A lot has happened since I last posted so here’s an update on the recent weeks. Also, I apologize if formatting looks wrong or random. The library here was closed today so this update is entirely by phone.<\/p>\n

Prior to leaving for Seattle to board the train to New Mexico I spent a couple of days hiking and camping in the gorgeous Hell’s Canyon<\/a> region of Oregon, where I got maps from Carmen at the regional forest service office (I’ll send you those hike photos later, Carmen!) and made the aquaintance of a great conversationalist named Johnnie, who- after my hike- invited me back to his “wall tent” camp for coffee and good cheer.<\/p>\n

Wendy and I got to ski a couple more times together, and then on the 26th of March we headed for Seattle, spending a couple of nights en route up on Snowqualmie pass. The snow was still monstrous deep in places and we had fun exploring the area.<\/p>\n

Wendy and me at Snowqualmie falls, courtesy of another patron.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wendy dropped me off in front of the Amtrak station downtown Seattle on March 28th and later that morning I settled in to 2 and a half days in an Amtrak sleeper, arriving in Lordsburg, New Mexico around noon on the 30th. Gotta say, the train travel was a blast and I met friendly travellers of all ages.<\/p>\n

The last time I was here was January 1984 volunteering for the UFW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At 6:00 am the morning of April 1st, the shuttle service took four hikers (a couple, myself and one other solo hiker) from Lordsburg to the Mexican border, three and a half hours of dirt “road” you hope you never have to drive. Was genuinely surprised the vehicle made it. So then, the trail.<\/p>\n

So glad to be here getting started.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The very first northbound CDT trail marker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I hiked Monday through Saturday but am starting slow to wait for “trail legs” to develop. Meanwhile, I found desert hiking far more challenging than I expected.<\/p>\n

At 4500 feet, the sun is noticeably brighter and intensely radiant here, and there is simply no shade to be found. I’m not saying scarce<\/i>, I’m saying there is no shade anywhere<\/i> sometimes literally for miles on foot. One of the volunteers who helps shuttle hiker has even plotted GPS waypoints for trees along the CDT since they are so remarkably rare.<\/p>\n

Typical southern New Mexico, based on my first week of walking.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Tentless “cowboy” camping is easy here in Spring.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Yep, below the blue shovel (courtesy of Nate, a friend from Prime) is a cathole<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I spent the week in a combination of sun dread and water paranoia though luckily the conditions will change as we hike north so we can later complain about bitter cold.<\/p>\n

This will be home for the next 5-6 months if things go well.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Early morning desert sun stretch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The thin object pointing up near the center nadir is a CDT marker sign from considerable distance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

That said, the surrounding mountains and sweeping desert prairies of New Mexico are spectacular to behold, but I couldn’t be bothered to take too many photos on account of trying to avoid dying.<\/p>\n

Much of the landscape here reminds me of Roy Roger’s<\/a> movies.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mileage stops being interesting after a few weeks on trail but right now it’s new. I was shooting for a week one pace of 15 miles per day and did 85 in 5.5 days, so just about right. My longest of those days was a 20 and that also felt good, despite a couple of decent blisters. I spent Saturday and tonight at the same motel as I when I first arrived in Lordsburg (the trail walks us right back to Lordsburg from the border going north).<\/p>\n

Ok, tired and resuming the hike tomorrow morning so I need some sleep. Next post will probably be from Silver City New Mexico! Cheers! Max<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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