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Bonners Ferry through LionsHead
Once again, the most recent miles were hard earned. Although the downhills and uphills were not as steep as some that I’ve done, they were long. Sometimes an up or down lasted for 9 miles. The first day out of Bonners Ferry I gained over 7000 feet of elevation. I also lost 4000 feet. Much…
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Self nurturing In Bonners Ferry
This Pacific Northwesttrail is kicking my butt and I have often felt like throwing in the towel. So far it is not the hardest trail I have done. The ups and downs in many places on the Appalachian Trail are much harder. The rocks on the Arizona Trail were more brutal. I was in worst…
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Yaak to Bonners Ferry
Despite my struggles on this trail, I was doing a good job of trusting that what I needed would arrive when I needed it. So far all the hikers around me had been having good luck with hitches and meeting people who were being kind to them. I noticed that this caused a bit of…
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Eureka to Yaak
I left Eureka feeling pretty good. I was walking well, managed to relax and calorie load in town, and was now heading out. I was confident I had figured out padding for my boots that would lessen the pain. Even though Mary offered to let me shower in the hotel room she was sharing with…
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Info for the podcast
A few people have asked me how to access the podcast that was made about me by backpacker radio so I’m posting this. Here is the link. Have fun listening. Mary “Badass” Anderson an AT Winter SOBO in the 80s and Hiking the National Scenic Trails as an Older Solo Female (BPR #262)
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Leaving Glacier Behind
After Glacier I spent one night in Polebridge with the crew, drying out my gear and packing my resupply. They were all taking a zero at the hostel but I felt the need to move on. I had received a very unpleasant text from someone who was angry with me, and even though I knew…
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My First Holy Shit Day on the PNT
Sarah and I woke to a rainy day at Waterton Lake. Nevertheless, we were greeted by the morning light hitting the mountains surrounding the lake in a stunning way. And just as I was about to leave the lake, I looked up and saw l a magnificent rainbow. Perhaps this was foreboding of a positive…
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Day Three Over Stoney Indian Pass
True to the predictions when we picked up pur permits, our third day out was finally sunny. We had been counting on this as we had to cross through Stoney Indian Pass which was purported to still have a lot of snow requiring ice axes and spikes. We also knew we would have some fast…
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Starting the PNT
When we arrived at the border of Canada and the United States, it took me a while to process all the cars and people there. This area had been empty when I started the northern half of the CDT in 2021. Then it struck me that back then the border had been closed because of…
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Arriving In Glacier
I wound my way from Santa Fe to Glacier National Park via a series of visits with trail friends. My first was with a young woman I met when I was hiking the CDT. Kremlin shared her knowledge of the Arizona Trail with me since she had done it a few years prior. After a…
