Thursday, April 8 27 miles.  New highest mileage day on the Hayduke babbyyy. Helped that all of the miles were on trail or dirt roads.  We were in a weird area where sometimes our phones would be getting data from towers in Arizona and sometimes from towers in Utah so the time kept changing. We … Continue reading Hayduke Day 29: Welcome to the AZT →

Wednesday, April 7 15.7 miles.  Slept okay this night except for my alarm waking me up way too early. We had to get up in time to apply for next day permits for The Wave. The place to apply was on the other side of town from us which seeing as how Kanab is not … Continue reading Hayduke Day 28: Washes, Slot Canyons, and Petroglyphs →

Tuesday, April 6 0 miles.  Second and probably last zero on the Hayduke (assuming something doesn't go terribly wrong).  I'm never going to sleep well in a hotel in town ever. Woke up anxious about permits and errands. Had to try a few times but got a hold of someone at the Grand Canyon  backcountry office. … Continue reading Hayduke Day 27: Things Start to Change for the Better →

Monday, April 5. 19.8 miles  Writing this in the morning since I got caught up watching a cake baking reality show competition until midnight. I hate/love town days.  It didn't rain last night, thank fuck. It was warm most of the night until around 6am when it got cold as usual. I slept on a … Continue reading Hayduke Day 26: The Race to Two Town Meals →

Sunday, April 4. 23.2 miles.  The ponderosa pine forest we slept in was warm thank fuck. We made camp late and after I finished yesterday's entry I couldn't fall asleep. I put my glasses back on and I realized I could see the stars. The moon is waning and it was a clear sky, the … Continue reading Hayduke Day 25: Rainbow Point, Our HDT Highpoint →

Saturday, April 3. 20.8 miles.  Didn't get any sleep last night. Right before I tried to fall asleep I looked at the Across Utah map again and saw a little warning sign near Zion and the official end of the route. I clicked it and it said there had been a massive rockfall in 2018 … Continue reading Hayduke Day 24: The Hayduke is a Logistical Nightmare but at Least Bryce is Cool →

Friday, April 2. 7.5 miles.  Keep forgetting I can add the .part of the miles.  We had a warm night for once! Fucking wild, actually being warm for once. The tree, cloud cover, and soft leaves under us kept us nice and warm. My feet were too toasty and I had to stick them out … Continue reading Hayduke Day 23: Tropic-al Paradise →

Thursday, April 1. 24.8 miles. The cabin ended up being fairly warm and comfortable despite the hanta virus I probably contracted from the mouse droppings.  After saying good bye to our cozy little shelter, we got back to the Hackberry Canyon creek wading. We avoided it for as long as we could but the canyon … Continue reading Hayduke Day 22: Hackberry Canyon Sucks →

Wednesday, March 31. 17 miles.  There some days that start off with so much promise and then turn into slogs. This was one of them.  Morning was freezing cold again. Got down into the low 20s, 28 when we finally pried ourselves out of our bivys around 730. Cold morning meant late start which was … Continue reading Hayduke Day 21: Don’t Read Trail Journals, They Overhype Everything →

Tuesday, March 30 24 miles. Long day. Slept mostly okay but around 4pm I was fucking freezing. Lots of drafts and couldn't keep my head under my quilt without it getting too stuffy.  Packed up and noticed my bottles were partly frozen. Like an idiot, I didn't sleep with my filter. I didn't think it … Continue reading Hayduke Day 20: RIP Filter →