Video: Across Utah 2009
Below is the playlist for my Across Utah 2009 video series (written report also available). Play from beginning to end, or click the bottom bar and then select among the four sections. Continue reading
Below is the playlist for my Across Utah 2009 video series (written report also available). Play from beginning to end, or click the bottom bar and then select among the four sections. Continue reading
From the Across Utah 2009 Trip Report Day 47 – Slow Climb Thursday, June 11th Awoke to a cold, cloudy day. Too cold for the jacuzzi bath. Boo — guess I will have to stay dirty. No food to eat, so without breakfast I make my way out the rest… Continue reading
From the Across Utah 2009 Trip Report Day 43 – Getting Down June 7th, 2009 Woke up to a very windy day with a cool temp. I pack up and go, but for the first mile or so I scout the western rim for a route up. I see a… Continue reading
From the Across Utah 2009 Trip Report Day 36 — Into Poison Sunday May 31st The wind continued in the morning. I followed the 4×4 road to Hwy 95 and then followed that up 2 miles to Poison Spring Wash, my next cache site. With absolutely no shade to be… Continue reading
From the Across Utah 2009 Trip Report Day 30 – Royal Day May 25th, 2009 For the unaware, I am a huge Prince fan and crazy things go through one’s mind after walking 30 days straight. So… see how many Prince songs you can find in today’s update. 2 make… Continue reading
From the Across Utah 2009 Trip Report Day 23 – The Badlands In the morning I headed up Wahweep Wash cross country. I was anxious about my water supply which was already running low. There was supposed to be a spring ahead, but I failed to confirm its status before… Continue reading
From the Across Utah 2009 Trip Report Day 15 – Mother’s Day Got up and had a nice breakfast at camp with my parents. It was nice to be with Mom on Mother’s Day. They showed me some of the comments from the Blog. I can’t see these as I… Continue reading
From the Across Utah 2009 Trip Report Day 8 – The Climb to Hop Valley Sunday, May 3rd Cutting the back of boot yesterday seemed to help, so I repeated the step on my other boot this morning. The damage to my feet is apparent; both have big rub marks… Continue reading
From the Across Utah 2009 Trip Report Prep Day 1 — 4/24/2009 I am officially off to begin my adventure. Now just 2.5 days of driving across the state setting up my cache sites. All-in I’m looking at 12 cache containers plus my initial pack of supplies. Seems like a… Continue reading
At the end of April 2009 I set out on my most ambitious long-distance hike to date: a 725-mile, 49-day journey across the entire state of Utah. It was the culmination of many months of planning after many, many years of shorter treks in the state. At that time I… Continue reading