Category Archives: Believe in Humanity

Believing in humanity raises expectations for loving kindness and building community, increasing the occurrence of these humanitarian feelings and actions.

Day 088 – 8/20/11 Colorado Border to Fruita

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Distance = 19 Miles; People Met = 9 After slackpacking through the arid eastern portion of Utah it felt good to be full packing again.  That may sound strange, that we enjoy carrying more weight, but its more the autonomy … Continue reading

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Day 080-84 8/12-16/11 Moab Area (long)

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Distance = 25 Miles; People Met = 23 We spent 5 days in the Moab area.  Two were rest days while we hiked only half days the other days.  There were four major objectives to accomplish in Moab:  1) Catching … Continue reading

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Days 074-77 – 8/6-9/11 Giles Townsite to Green River (long)

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Distance = 65 Miles; People Met = 14 OK, this will probably be one of our biggest “downer” posts.  While traversing National Forests and Parks we were greeted with daily rain and thunderstorms.  Now that we are road walking through … Continue reading

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Day 064 – 7/27/11 Circleville to Otter Creek SP

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Distance = 19 Miles; People Met = 12 We returned to road walking; my knees thanked me.  It’s a good sign that they recover well from a day of torture.  The scenery did not suffer in the least.  We traveled … Continue reading

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Day 061 – 7/24/11 Pass Road to Beaver

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After a long drive back from the airport, arriving at Milford early morning, we went back to Penny’s Diner for some coffee to get us going.  There we ran into a group of twenty or so young adults on a … Continue reading

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Day 051 – 7/14/11 Ely to Cave Lake CG

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Distance > 13 Miles; People Met = 3 Barrett started hiking with us today, which keeps a fine tradition going.  “Back in the day” I organized long distance expeditions, groups of people forming a community guided by the journey along … Continue reading

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Day 018 – 6/11/11 Auburn to Robie Point

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Distance = 2 Miles; Elevation Change > 650 Feet Lo Elevation = 989; Hi Elevation = 1319 During our tough day yesterday we fortuitously ran into Carlos de la Fuente, who invited us to come to his home when we … Continue reading

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