I enjoyed the privilege of spending the afternoon & evening this past Friday out on US RTE 20 with Laz & Steve, hosting them & then spending all day Saturday hiking west with Laz. As several people have reached out to me for Lazcon operational details, I’m remiss for having not posted this already. Laz has his journey planned out incredibly well, in both his daily operations and the entire trip. While this is his Read more
just crossed i-90 trying to smell the lake… hope that is not it. la Admin: maybe it’s the heat, maybe it’s the miles, I’m not quite sure what he’s trying to say!
may 30 day 21 28 miles total 540 should be able to catch up to the schedule tomorrow. i am on the edge of buffalo! after spending so many months wondering if i could make it this far it is hard to believe that erie is only 10 or 12 miles down the road. upstate new york hasn’t been anything like i expected. a beautiful place of big farms, forests…. and lots of mountains and Read more
i was wrong. “it is going to rain all day today, but the rest of the week will be nice” is not the only weather forecast in upstate new york. they also have; “it is going to bake your brains today, but the rest of the week will be nice . laz
usny: there is only one more big climb on this road. english: after this big climb you turn. and that road is worse. laz (smelling buffalo!)
A typical day of LazCon 14 hours on the road 2 hours clean-up, eat, write, plan 7 hours sleep 1 hour getting up and back out Start time varies depending on the previous day’s finish time, but earlier is better (around 5:00-6:00am). Ways to help Laz 1) the biggest: getting his pack from beginning to end (he’s also inherited a cooler and folding chair somewhere along the line) 2) tour guide: he loves hearing stories Read more
may 29 day 20 27 miles total 512 another hot, hot day the mountains may be behind me but the hills never end in upstate new york. my hip issue got nasty during the afternoon but eased up at the end. 500 miles doesn’t sound like much, but it is a long way! hard to believe that after tomorrow i will have been walking 14 hours a day for 3 weeks. laz
just hit 500 miles. lazcon reality check 1200 miles to halfway.