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Some of the St. John's Hospital Emergency Room Staff To the RNs, ER techs, ER physicians, HUCS, registration, and security folks that I’ve had the absolute privilege of working alongside for the past 13 years— Thank you for the incredible send-off as I head toward the mountains soon! I’ve taken photos of every handwritten card to carry with me for any rainy-day miles ahead, and I’ll be bringing along the good-luck trinkets too. A little piece of all of you will be walking tha

Packaging food after it came out of freeze drier Freeze drier Organizing 6 months of food for packing into resupply boxes 33 resupply boxes packaged up and ready to be shipped out when the time comes Imagine the amount of food you eat in a six-month period. Now imagine going to the store, buying it, preparing it, and then boxing it up to have it shipped out to you through the next 6 months. This past weekend, I did almost exactly that. Six months on the trail is staring me st

I thought I would share my gear list for this adventure, if anyone would be interested. I expect some gear to change as I put on the miles, but here's a list of the gear I know I'll have for at least some of the trail: Backpack: Hyperlite Southwest 70 Tent: Big Agnes Copper Spur UL1 Sleeping Bag: Enlightened Equipment 20 degree down sleeping bag Sleeping Pad: Therm-a-Rest NeoAir XLite Inflatable Pillow: Sea To Summit Aeros Headlamp: Petzl Tikkina Food Protection in the Si

Self-Arrest Training with Ice Axe Hello again, everyone! I thought I’d write a quick note about the training I have put into preparing for this 2,650-mile adventure, which is now just about a month and a half away. While some people start this journey with very little preparation, I am not one of them. There has been a lot of work happening behind the scenes—especially when it comes to the training I’ve committed to over the past six years. This goes far beyond simply throwin