september 7 day 121 27 miles total 3,157 148 remaining 5×26 + 1×18 little by little i walked out of the desert today. as this thing moves into the final days i am reminded of basketball. it doesn’t matter how well you play you have to be able to close. let me tell you, closing is hard. every possible obstacle seems to spring up. with this thing coming down to the last minute i can’t Read more…
september 6 day 120 29 miles total 3,130 remaining 175 6×26 + 1×19 made it to the turn in bend today! hell highway is finally behind me. along the way google maps lost a couple of miles. the google measure only changed by 27, while i knocked off 29 mile markers in the real world. i hate google maps. with the end drawing closer, and hardly an inch to spare on my deadline i am Read more…
september 5 day 119 26 miles total 3,101 remaining 202 7×26 + 1×20 one more day on hell highway. endless straightaways relentless sun and heat indy 500 traffic. after the people upstairs practiced for mma competition all night (literally making pictures on the wall rattle in my room) i was less than well rested for the day. holding serve required everything i had. thank god for greg and john who have helped keep me from Read more…
5,000 kilometers split (actually 3,107 miles but that is close enough) Sent from my magic phone
september 4 day 118 27 miles total 3,101 remaining 228 8×26 + 1×20 the road from burns to bend oregon is the hardest road i have encountered on my trek. not because it is the emptiest 130 miles. not because it is an endless vista of vast plains covered with sagebrush and tumbleweed broken only by low volcanic rock hills dotted with juniper trees. not because of the relentless sun beating down on my head Read more…
september 3 day 117 27 miles total 3,074 this was as close as i have been to throwing in the towel. hope tomorrow is better. Sent from my magic phone
september 2 day 116 28 miles total 3,047 eastern oregon is kicking my butt. of all the great empty spaces i was passing thru on this journey i knew eastern oregon was the emptiest. beautiful and empty. when you have time to look, the variety of rock sculptures in the desert are endless. but the hills of oregon are among the cruelest i have faced. there was an 8 mile monster leaving the great big Read more…
september 1 day 115 27 miles total 3,019 the lazcon is like the evil genie that gives you three wishes. yesterday i got hammered with hills, and sure i whined a little. so, after starting today with one last big climb to a 5,000 foot pass we descended to the great basin. this continent is the product of so many forces of incomprehensible power. continental collisions, miles thick glaciers, eruptions from deep within the earth, Read more…