Reposted by popular demand! It’s a well-known fact that the easiest way to reduce your base weight is by scrutinizing your Big 3. Tent, Sleeping Bag, Backpack. You might have just dropped big bucks on the lightest, most badass Big 3. But then what? Are you just going to throw bulky clothes and giant tubes … More Reducing Pack Weight After The Big 3 – Bag Of Magic Potions
Saturday, October 8 Start: mid Hanaupah Canyon Stop: Lone Pine 14 miles I toss and turn all night, sometimes admiring the star-studded sky and sometimes watching the glow on the horizon that must be Las Vegas. Two male hikers hike by at 4am. It’s perfect because I was planning on getting up at that time … More More Playa Views, Hitchhiking and Cowboys
Friday, October 7 Start: Hanaupah Canyon Spring Stop: middle Hanaupah Canyon Road 10 miles I get up during the night to pee for the first time since 1pm yesterday. Finally. The stars twinkle brightly against the dark sky. The spring’s calm melody comes and goes with the gentle breeze. I think this is the most … More Tough Climbing and Turn-Arounds
Thursday, October 6Start: Badwater Basin, Death Valley National ParkStop: Hanaupah Canyon Spring15 Miles I meet Uncle Jay after parking my desert-dusted Tacoma at Dow Villa’s courtesy parking lot. A stop at Lee’s, the home of Lone Pine’s best breakfast burrito, has us armed with water and chorizo breakfast burritos. By 7:30am, we’re speeding off into … More When I Crush Millions Of Salt Castles and Get Dehydrated
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