SlowBro's Blog Posts

OCT

Trip Report- 4 Days In The Gila Wilderness

Last week I met friends, Cappuccino, Level, and Jolly Rancher, in Albuquerque for a backpacking trip into the Gila Wilderness of SW New Mexico. Roughly a 5 to 6 hour drive from ABQ, the...

OCT

Local Overnight Trip

In preparation for a trip out to New Mexico next week, and in spite of predicted bad weather here, I did a shakedown overnight trip to nearby Hardesty Mountain. I was on the road...

OCT

My First Backpacking Trip

It was 1962. I was 12 years old, a new Boy Scout in Troop 53 in El Paso, TX, and I was going on my first real camping trip. We were told we were...

OCT

Stove Experiments

Well, you may recall from the last blog that I was suffering from plantar fasciitis. Although I still am aware of my right heel, the pain has diminished significantly. I am continuing to wear...

OCT

Plantar Fasciitis

It was a beautiful day after days of clouds and rain, so I took off on what turned out to be a 10 mile training hike through northeast Eugene. The hike was fun, I...

OCT

Walking In My Mind

Well, I have completed a ritual I do for almost every long hike, and that is to walk the trail in my head. This is usually accomplished by sitting down with a paper pad,...