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Category: Backpacking

Final Prep and starting the Colorado Trail at Waterton Canyon

Posted in Backpacking, Colorado, Colorado Trail
Her Odyssey

In 3 days time, there was a month’s worth of business to be addressed. In typical chaos style my world exploded before, miraculously, coming back together in one final, frenzied push;…

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Colorado Trail Planning: Walking with Purpose

Posted in Backpacking, Colorado, Colorado Trail, Community
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Sunday evening I was sprawled across the sidewalk in front of the Ace Hardware in Leadville, filthy, stinky, and awaiting my ride back from the weekend foray. Somewhere between coma…

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A Shake Down is a Leg Up

Posted in Backpacking, Colorado, Colorado Trail
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Gold Hill Trail Head – Tennessee Pass – – 38.2 miles I needed to take my new gear for a shake down, oh but wherever shall I go? How about…

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Fidgit Plans to Hike the Colorado Trail

Posted in Backpacking, Colorado, Colorado Trail, Community
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[The Colorado Trail is] a legacy which will feed the quest for adventure, and precipitate the special dimension of life imparted by the spirit of the outdoors. The dream has…

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Long Distance Hiking: the All You Can Eat Diet

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…The only catch is, you have to carry all the food on your back. On the PCT I plunged the depths of cravings. Now I’m a few weeks out from…

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Wiggle & Niggle, Spring Break Hails

Posted in Colorado Trail, Community, Skiing, Snow Sports, Uncategorized
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Winter begins to niggle. 50 degree days burn through an already below average snowpack. We the people commence peremptory goodbying the Season, even as we trek about in snow shoes,…

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Paradigm Ass Kicker:

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Read this article about Scott Williamson Give the man a hand; or better yet, a new pair of shoes.

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Colorado Trail – Tennessee Pass to Twin Lakes

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We hiked 15 mile days, usually making camp by around 4. This left time to collect firewood, enjoy backpack-less walks, and be fed and tucked in before the cold bit…

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Colorado Trail – Copper toTennessee Pass

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Any long distance hiker will agree: one of the best things about hiking is not hiking. That moment when the pack slides off your shoulders and your legs hang loose….

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Hiker Trash

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A week ago, on my drive home from work, I saw a man clad in trail garb digging through a ULA Pack on the side of the road. I flipped…

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#SlowTravel 👣 22,000+ #humanpowered miles, connecting stories from Patagonia to the Arctic 🛶🚲 🌎 #womenled #sponsoredathlete

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Attending the very first CWW led 'Packraft Soiree' Attending the very first CWW led 'Packraft Soiree' 2023 on the North Fork American River was a blast!

Big gratitude to all the folks and brands out there making it happen!
A few who've buoyed my water dabbling:
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A healer told me to go find big rocks. Loved ones A healer told me to go find big rocks. 
Loved ones've been telling me to seek joy. 
I've been craving time in water.

So gathered some rockstars, and in we went.
I am beyond stoked to be speaking at this year's @ I am beyond stoked to be speaking at this year's @aldhawest Gathering! Sharing stories and precepts of Slow Travel, distilled from Her Odyssey and a life abroad. 🌎

Bringing it first to the thru-hiking community who expand horizons and honor markers such as the prestigious Triple Crown Ceremony, will make for a lively community event! You should probably follow their page to keep up as they announce the rich variety of presenters I've been hearing whispers about. 
🤫 📣

Bring laughter, curiosity, and what you've learned from the miles in between.
Can't wait to see you there! 
 
~Fidgit 💚 
 
#herodyssey #slowtravel #aldhawest #hikertrash
1/5 *THE FIRST WOMAN TO WALK THE LENGTH OF THE AME 1/5
*THE FIRST WOMAN TO WALK THE LENGTH OF THE AMERICAS: 
MARGUERITE GEIST* 

To conclude this digital account of Her Odyssey, I would like to share the earliest record I’ve found of a modern person walking the length of the Americas. Circa ~1920S

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To all the mothers and nurturers; recognized, over To all the mothers and nurturers; recognized, overlooked, and missed,
🌲 HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY💐

Words by @drsuzannesimard
#findingthemothertree

". . .  we know Mother Trees can truly nurture their offspring. Douglas firs, it turns out, recognize their kin and distinguish them from other families and different species. They communicate and send carbon, the building block of life, not just to the mycorrhizas of their kin but to other members of the community. To help keep it whole. They appear to relate to their offspring as do mothers passing their best recipes to their daughters. Conveying their life energy, their wisdom, to carry life forward." 

 -From the book 'Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest'

I will always treasure hiking into Machu Picchu with my mom in 2017. 💚
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Bonus young mom/childhood #throwbackpic of the Hughes (Fidgít's  fam)
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