This post was first published on The Trek, which you can find here. The streets of Leadville were lined with houses painted in pastels of every shade imaginable. They all seemed to be slightly variable versions of the same small A-frame with funky geometric trims bordering the shutters and porches. Walking along the sidewalk, I […]
This post first appeared on The Trek, which you can read here. July 16th I found myself on the floor of the Safeway in Leadville, Colorado, with my back pressed against a grotesquely large selection of various shampoos and sunscreens. I wasn’t thinking about how ridiculous or concerned I might appear to bystanders or Safeway […]
This post first appeared on The Trek, which you can read here. July 12th There is a state—a bodily, mental, and spiritual plane of existence—wherein absolution is achieved in endurance. Awareness tightens in a gyre of relentless focus. Begets a black hole, a pinprick through which all concerns must pass, reshaping themselves into essential forms: […]
This post first appeared on The Trek, which you can read here. This series is a retrospective on my 2020 Colorado Trail thru-hike. July 7th On the edge of the Green River, I slept more deeply than I had in ages, curled into dreams that bled into other dreams. Megan and I stowed our respective […]
Hitting the Trail This post first appeared on The Trek, which you can read here. This series is a retrospective on my 2020 Colorado Trail thru-hike. July 5th – Denver, CO to Trail I felt the thrill of heading to trail and beginning my thru-hike gathering in my limbs as we sped down the interstate […]
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