15-04-15 Day 4 SourScout – Mark Trail CDT

15 Wednesday Apr 2015

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15-04-15 Day 4. SourScout

Up at 5:00am and on the trail at 6:00am. We hiked along with one headlamp. Somewhere many miles back is Sourdough’s headlamp laying in the trail. We left Coyote Hills headed to Pyramid Peak, a 6,008 ft cone. Between Sourdough’s Binoculars and GPS, we could see the peak all day as we weaved ourselves across the desert.

We picked up 5 liters of water at cache #4. The water cache was filled with 40 gallons of water as the CDT shuttle has started transporting 10 hikers a day to the start. In four days we have only seen Alex, Wagon Wheel, and two sobos. NICE!!! The wind picked up during the day and the clouds made the hike much better than it could have been.

We took an hour lunch at 12:30 knowing we were trying to hike 20 miles to the next water. 7:30 and we were warn out. Found a gully to block the wind..

Oh Sourdough almost got bit by a rattlesnake.

Rockhouse Seep. 22 miles

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15-04-12 Day 1 The CDT – Mark Trail CDT

12 Sunday Apr 2015

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Day 1. The CDT

Juan Reynon arrived ten minutes early,7:20 am, at the Econo Lodge while Sourdough and I finished our breakfast. We packed the four-wheel drive suburban with 17 gallons of water to place in 5 water caches on our way to the border. As we left town we looked for yellow heet for Sourdough with no luck. As Juan drove, we talked about the history of the starting point of the trail where a Crazy Cook was murdered. What a great place to start….We picked up Wagon Wheel and Alex in Hachita as we began dropping off our water. It was crazy thinking that we would be back in a few days to pick up the water at the boxes. The Suburban bounced along the dirt road as we made our way to the border arriving at 12 noon. The monument has been vandalized. Bummer… We took a bunch of pictures and off we went. We weaved our way toward Big Hatchet Mtn. Looking for the trail here and there. Oh there it is…. I was warned that this was going to be a different hike. It started to rain off and on then mostly on. At 5:30 Sourdough found a tree to cook dinner under. We fired up our alcohol stoves and had yummy freeze-dried dinners. .Turkey Tetrazzini is one of my favorites. At 7:30 we arrived at the Sheridan Canyon water box in a steady rain and called it a day.

Day 1 Sheridan Canyon 13.7 mi.

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15-04-11 It’s All Coming Together

11 Saturday Apr 2015

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Thanks Mark Trail
When will the planning part of the adventure come to a close and the fun begin?

After months of dreaming, I am on the final leg of my way across America to the start of the CDT. Greyhound rides again. I am looking into Mexico from the bus headed to Lordsburg, NM, the jumping off point. Humm… The mexican border. Where’s Canada? Six months away… 180 days…, 2,800 miles. Sourdough will arrive at 5:00 without his alcohol for his stove. He was trying to smuggle it on his bus traveling east from Arizonia… what was he thinking? My yellow bottles of heet are traveling below, safetly stashed in my Osprey backpack as I travel west from Texas, I don’t look like a drug trafficker like Sourdough….. Yet!

Maybe our ride will show up tomorrow morning on time. Maybe we will find a place to stay tonight. Maybe everything is packed. Maybe the planning is coming to an end. Yes!!!

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