Day 55 – Saturday 9/5/2020 – 2159.0 – clear, sunny, cool, partially cloudy, no monsoon rain. We both woke at 5 am in the hotel. We left at about 5:30 am to drive back to Wolfe Pass and arrived at 6 am. After eating breakfast I was off with my slack pack on my back. I listened to the Stranger in the Forest audio book. Justin had enjoyed it. I met Milk-jug CDT hiker on the trail. I arrived at Elwood Pass at 1:30 pm. Justin had quite a 4×4 adventure getting there and had arrived only 8 minutes ahead of me. I downed a Squirt. I unloaded my daypack and began to fill my back pack. On the fly I decided to continue on for a few more miles. I thought maybe 4 miles, but actually I continued on for 10 miles. I had trouble finding a reasonably flat and level campsite. I finally set up my tent about 7 pm. It was the latest in the day that I’ve done that. Knocking off these miles changes this section from 50 miles to 41 miles. With bad weather coming I did this to shorten my third day. I don’t know how far I’ll go tomorrow but I just want to get out of Colorado into New Mexico and have less mountains and difficult climbs.
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Truly One Foot In Front of the Other – CDT Edition
My journey hiking the long-distance Continental Divide Trail