It has been 143 days on trail and 3 month of those with the most awesome hiking partner I have ever had and the CDT is done!
The last 3 days were very cold and I made the decision to use the Great Divide alternate to cut some time as it is easier to hike. I had a good last night close to Cumbres Pass were I flipped up to Canada in early June and finished on then morning of Sep. 29th.
The thruhike has been hard but fun and I am very glad to had the fortune to have met Ninja which made the journey so much more worthwhile. Now I am looking forward to the next hike with her.
I hitched into Chama to get a victory coffee and started hitching towards Denver. I needed 3 rides into Alamosa and then got a ride from an older gentleman named Ben who was headed to Denver – so I got there on the same day. Now I am waiting to catch my flight to Cincinnati and then I will be headed to Germany soon after.
