Day 3 Spooner Peak

Both if us got killed today, climbed non-stop all day (14 miles).  We took a nap at the summit, well, Aaron did and I wrote this blog, actually I am re-writing it now because I feel I went a bit to deep.  I realized why I went on this trek, not for glory, not ti br bad-asd,, not to get back in shape.  I went on this trip to find myself again (and to hang with my bro).  We about half way up the mountain I went through what I can only describe as emotional states, four to be exact, when I reached the top I realized every thing.  To re-find ones self is an amazing thing!  To find that purpose...

Day 3

Woke up at 7, felt pretty good, so did Aaron although he slept till 9:30 or so.  We had some breakfast and today have a long hike ahead of us, about 14 miles or so.  This morning I was out enjoying the morning eating some walnuts and this Blue Jay came to hang out.  It kept flying down about 2 feet from me, I would give it a walnut and it would keep coming back, pretty cool experience.  Thus cintinued for about an hour.  That was the extent of entertainment for a while probably, things are so simple out here...

Star Sky

Looming up at the night sky, stars are so bright and the moon just went doen,, now we can see the Milky Way, so amazimg!  Aaron and I are using Google Sky Map to star gaze and it is really cool.

Day 2

Both Aaron and I slept well last night.  It was a bit windy but less so than before.  we just lit a fire in the solo stove and are brewing up some joe, btw, solo stove is awesome, though a bit tough to get going under extreme winds, we haf to search out a spot with no wind...  Stive also acts as an excellent little morning fire to stave off the morning freeze.  We have not decided where to go from here, one things fir sure, we will head down to Marlete lake and get a good swim in, then probably hrad to Spooner lake.  I dont think either of us are un a rush so we might simply put in 10 miles today.  Yoday is supposed to be the coldest day of the hike... right! 

Spooner Lake

We just set camp at Spooner about two hours ago, all is well, spent a couple hours at Marlette Lake and I took a dip despite the high winds.  We are sitting by the camp fire that we built and really enjoying the solitude.  Not many people at all on the trail.

Day 1- DONE

Today was long and brutal.  We killed it though hiking 14 miles.  The wind has been relentless gusting at 20-30 mph all day.  We made camp about two hours ago, set up our tent, made a camp fire and got some chow on board.  This place is beautiful though.  We met a bunch of local day hikers early on the trail, they are such nice people.  We are just hanging out, resting our bones and waiting for darkness.

TRT D-Day

Last night was harsh, with winds gusting at 40 mph, scattered showers and 30*, all that mixed together made for a cold night.  I optedfor the 40* bag so I was a bit chilly.  I dont expect to be hanging at 30* temps and wind yo much on the rrst of the trek, we stayed at Mount Rose summit, doh!  Any how, Aarons still sleeping, I suppose he didn't sleep well either.  Brewing up some cowboy coffee as we speak, then we will repack, ditch what gear we can so we weigh less, and take off on the trek.  Did I mention our pack weight yet?  Aaron's is weighing in at 50lbs, mine is at 70lbs.  Hope we can trim se off today and leave it at the car, if not no big deal we will just come ouy that much more shredded.  BTW, if you go to my Facebook pagee you can see our location and altitude that is set to reposition us ever hour via gps, I may turn that off though.