Monthly Archives: September 2011

Day 112 – 9/13/11 Leadville to BLM CG on CO 91

Distance = 6 Miles; People Met = 3 Before we left Leadville we had the opportunity to partake in a community meal at St. George Episcopal Church.  We then sat down with Ali Lufkin, Lynnette Coffey and Mayor Bud Elliott … Continue reading

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Day 111 – 9/12/11 Leadville Rest Day

People Met = 2 A lot happened for only meeting 2 people on a rest day.  We spent the night at a house owned by John Nicholas.  John left his heating and air conditioning business near the front range in … Continue reading

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Day 109-110 – 9/10-11/11 Graham Gulch to Leadville

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Distance = 36 Miles; People Met = 27 What a difference a day makes!  We stopped short at Graham Gulch because the cross-country work at the end of the day was too exhausting, with knee shocking descents and bushwhacking through … Continue reading

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Day 108 – 9/9/11 Goodwin Greene Hut to Graham Gulch

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Distance = 14 Miles; People Met = 2 We only met two people today, John and Sally on the Grizzly Lake Trail.  John used to work for NOLS, so that perhaps explains why we met them on a remote section … Continue reading

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Day 106-107 – 9/7-8/11 Crested Butte to Goodwin Green Cabin

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(Pictures to be added later) Distance = 23 Miles; People Met = 15 Two things about these two days:  we keep meeting people even in remote places and we seemed to keep going uphill as we approached the Continental Divide. … Continue reading

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Day 105 – 9/6/11 Crested Butte Rest Day

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So what happens on a rest day?  For me it’s mainly what you see here, posting on the Internet.  A rest day also means planning ahead for some future leg of the journey, and acquiring and packing the food for … Continue reading

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Day 104 – 9/5/11 Emerald Lake to Crested Butte

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Distance = 16 Miles; People Met = 19 Continuing on with this Labor Day weekend, we once again encountered many fine people, but the day started out with a little show.  We were camped in the morning on a little … Continue reading

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Day 103 – 9/4/11 Marble to Emerald Lake

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Distance = 11 Miles; People Met = 14 For those folks I suggested to look at Days 102 and 103, should have said 101 (Redstone) and 102 …. but this is a good post as well. On this Labor Day … Continue reading

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Day 102 – 9/3/11 Redstone to Marble

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Distance = 7 Miles; People Met = 15 Let’s work backwards for this day, and please read through to the end.  Most of the people we met this day were located in the campground where we stayed at the end.  … Continue reading

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Day 101 – 9/2/11 McClure CG to Redstone

Distance = 8 Miles; People Met = 16 Wow!  Redstone, Colorado is a wonderful town!  But rather than me writing about it why don’t you listen to one of the leading figures of the town, Pastor Bruce Gledhill.  Included in … Continue reading

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