“Firearms training! No trespassing! Arizona Trail hikers okay.” This sign on the side of the trail does make me a little queasy. But what can you do? After all, we have to move forward.…
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“Gee, what’s that?” When I wake up in the morning, glittering ice crystals are beaming at me from inside my tent wall. And even the residual water in my charcoal-blackened pot is frozen. At…
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“Well, you’ll come back totally changed!” No matter who I told two years ago that I just wanted to hike through the entire state of Arizona for two months, the reaction was almost always…
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On the morning of April 9th, Ranger and I leave early. It’s supposed to be the last of three super-hot days for now – on a stage of the AZT where there are no…
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It’s 4 am in the morning, when I hear something rustle next to me. At first I think it’s a wild animal. Still drowsily I see a beam of light in Klaus’ tent flitting…
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In 2019, I made my dream of the Arizona Trail thruhike come true. I hiked over 800 miles from the Mexican border to the Utah stateline. All my experiences, the good ones and, of…
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The plan was to start the nearly 5.000 feet ascent to Mount Lemmon pretty early in the morning to take advantage of the cool hours. After last night’s exciting Search & Rescue mission there…
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Start from the beginning: Part 1 5:30 a.m. The tent is soaking wet, inside and outside. Well, that’s included if you decide to camp next to a river. The view and the chance of…
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The next days promise to be hot again. 25 degrees doesn’t sound like much at first. Paired with no shade and a scorching sun, you don’t want to imagine how it is with 30…