Five Minutes on the Continental Divide
Have you ever wondered what it feels like to walk the Continental Divide Trail from Mexico to Canada? Here is your chance to find out in just 5 minutes. It’s […]
Category Archives: Continental Divide
Continental Divide: Mile 2970
For months I’ve looked north. From the rusted red deserts of New Mexico to the granite spires of the Winds, again and again, I’ve watched nothing more than smears on […]
Continental Divide: Mile 2580
You stop. You don’t know why, but something feels wrong, slightly off, an alarm ringing from somewhere deep in your monkey brain. For a moment you stand there, frozen, other […]
Continental Divide: Mile 2280
I aimed for thirty miles, but only managed twenty-six by the time I tossed my pack down on Goat Flats and the sun hit the horizon. I knew I was […]
Continental Divide: Mile 1931
The kids are the best part. Their excitement grows with each moment. They constantly ask when it will happen and how long they have to wait. By the time the […]
Continental Divide: Mile 1765
I earned it last night, clawing my way up a thousand car sized boulders. I leapt upward, from one to the next, over, under, and around until the Green River […]
Continental Divide: Mile 1600
Only the sun seems to change, moving along its arching path as I walked. Over every desert hill lay another and another after that. My two-track dirt road ran across […]
Continental Divide: Mile 1250
There’s a sign in Rocky Mountain National Park before the trail rises above treeline. “Mountains don’t care,” it says. It made me think of getting drunk at a bar and […]
Continental Divide: Mile 1050
A thousand miles have torn away the softness in my legs, but they still burn. The slope is slanted against them on a mountain rising into the sky. The burn […]
Continental Divide: Mile 980
The trail skirted a low rise then plummeted down a series of switchbacks to the valley floor while the actual continental divide ran straight along a narrow ridgeline. I looked […]
