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Day 12 – Mount Massive – Segment 10

updated: January 11, 2018

August 12, 2010 Today’s Miles: 11.4 Total Miles: 173.1 Breakfast Elevation: 10,280 ft Dinner Elevation: 10,820 ft High Point: 14,421 ft There’s rain all night, with thunder and lightning developing in the morning. When the weather finally seem to stop, I exit the tent and sit in the crook of a large tree trunk for […]

Day 11 – Tennessee Pass to Rock Creek – Segment 9, 10

updated: March 31, 2017

August 11, 2010 Today’s Miles: 20 Total Miles: 161.7 Breakfast Elevation: 10,080 ft Dinner Elevation: 10,280 ft High Point: 11,480 ft “They call me Crazy,” the man says, shaking my hand. Wild Bill’s brother from the hostel in Leadville, “Crazy,” is giving me a ride to the trailhead at Tennessee Pass. He tells me about […]

Day 10 – Elk Ridge to Leadville – Segment 8

updated: June 5, 2018

August 10, 2010 Today’s Miles: 11.9 Total Miles: 141.7 Breakfast Elevation: 11,640 ft Dinner Elevation: 10,080 ft High Point: 11,640 ft I can’t feel my fingers as I pack my frost-laden tent. I didn’t bring gloves because I always lose them. Besides, this is August, I shouldn’t need gloves… The first few miles are downhill […]

Day 9 – Tenmile Range to Kokomo Pass – Segment 8

updated: March 30, 2017

August 9, 2010 Today’s Miles: 16.1 (+2) Total Miles: 129.8 Breakfast Elevation: 11,640 ft Dinner Elevation: 11,640 ft High Point: 12,280 ft I wake this morning to discover that a mouse (Or some other furry rodent) has chewed its way through the bite valve of my Camelbak hose. Fortunately I have a backup of this […]

Day 8 – Frisco Peaks Trail to the Ten Mile Range – Segment 7

updated: March 24, 2017

August 8, 2010 Today’s Miles: 9.3 Total Miles: 113.7 Breakfast Elevation: 9,400 ft Dinner Elevation: 11,640 ft High Point: 12,440 ft Checking out of the motel this morning, who do I see in the lobby but Ole and Meadow Bruiser! “We thought you’d be in Leadville by now!” they say, underestimating my vast capacity for […]

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