The journey to the CDT started on May the 7th in Hamburg, Germany where I boarded the plane to Cincinnati. The last leg of the journey was a little delayed though, so I ended up at my Hotel at the airport at 2am in the morning while needing to catch my next flight to Tucson, AZ at 7am. The result was a very short stay but at least I got a refreshing shower after being on the road for more than 30h already.
At Tucson I went to Walmart to buy the food for my first 4 days of the hike and then boarded the Greyhound Bus to Lordsburg,NM on May the 8th. By happenstance the Bus was delayed as well so the wait at the station was quite long and I was very glad to arrive at Lordsburg around 7pm to spend the night in the Hotel.
On the next morning I boarded the shuttle to the Crazy Cook Southern Terminus of the CDT at 6:30am – together with 2 other hikers with the trail names of Pretzel and Top Gun. The adventure is about to start!
