HDMC Adventures

Follow us on our first attempt of a thru hike of the CDT.

***Do you want to buy us dinner in town while we hike for 5 months, because you feel a little bad for us? Click the link below!***

https://gofund.me/7f23cc4b

  • Reflections from the Trail

    MC: It’s  been a week and a half since we finished the trail, and we wanted to provide some final thoughts on our experience thru-hiking the Continental Divide Trail. I knew this hike was going to be hard, but I wasn’t fully prepared for how exhausted I was mentally BECAUSE of how physically demanding each day…

  • The Final Week: Silver City to the Mexico Border (Days 138-144)

    HD: We set out on the road south from Silver City just as the rain was clearing up. 24 miles later, we were drinking beer at a small farm brewery in the middle of nowhere. They made a fire for us to ward off the 20 degree temps and we pitched our tent on their…

  • The Chapter Before the Final Chapter: Grants to Silver City (Days 123-137)

    MC: New Mexico is known for its road walking, and we’ve entered into the phase where that’s exactly what we’re doing. We had three days of road walking ahead of us before we would reach Pie Town from Grants, and two of those days involved all pavement walking. Walking on pavement is everyone’s least favorite…

  • The Betrayal of New Mexico: Cuba to Grants (Days 117-122)

    HD: Alas, New Mexico exacted its pint of blood from us. The first day of our 105 mile walk from Cuba to Grants exceeded expectations, and all seemed well with our “New Favorite State”. Then the weather forecast was updated for an earlier arrival of a nasty low pressure system, and we began a forced…

  • Northern New Mexico and the San Pedro Wilderness (Days 108-116)

    MC: Oh New Mexico, you’re everything we hoped you would be; wonderful tread underfoot, gentle ascents, and a beautiful landscape of aspens as they waved farewell to us while we continued South.  We are currently in Cuba, New Mexico – zeroing – and I actually realized that when I got up to pee last night…

  • The San Juan Mountains – Salida to Chama, NM (Days 96-107)

    HD: Hello New Mexico!! Morale is up. We started back on the trail after a day off in Salida with the first snowfall of the season. This is always a scary proposition for someone from south Louisiana! All was well as our progress went mostly unhindered, and the weather generally cooperated for the next 10…

Be a goldfish…

There are three major long trails in the continental United States, the Appalachian Trail, the Pacific Crest Trail, and the Continental Divide Trail. This summer, we will attempt the newest of the long trails within our country, the Continental Divide Trail, also known as the CDT. The CDT begins in Glacier National Park in Montana and ends at the border of New Mexico and Mexico, making the trail roughly 3000 miles long. The CDT is known as a “choose your own adventure trail” as there are many alternate sections that deviate from the traditional “red line” route, and a typical thru hiker of this trail will walk less than 3000 miles.

This is our first attempt of a thru hike of this magnitude, and many accomplished thru hikers will state that the hardest part of any thru hike are the psychological challenges related to walking in the wilderness for what could amount to 5 months in length. So with that being said, be a goldfish. If you haven’t watched Apple TV’s Ted Lasso, Ted’s advice to his soccer team is always “be a goldfish”, because goldfish have a 10 second memory. “His advice means to move on from mistakes rather than lingering on them. “Be a goldfish” is about more than just sports, however. Lingering over mistakes is all too easy in life, but this memorable saying from Coach Lasso serves as a reminder that people are defined by how they react to mistakes, not their mistakes themselves. It’s important to accept mistakes in any part of life and be able to move on quickly.” (Colin McCormick – Screen Rant).

While mistakes on the soccer pitch may not directly translate to walking thousands of miles in one sitting, the mentality remains the same. If we are to ultimately be successful in this hike/trek/jaunt then we must not linger on mistakes made, weather encountered, or setbacks experienced. Don’t quit on a bad day.

MC

Outdoor Enthusiast

HD

Outdoor Enthusiast

Loki

Outdoor Enthusiast and official Lake Michigan “waterdog” during this hike #NotForPuppies

GoFundMe

Do you want to buy us dinner while we hike for 5 months, because you feel a little bad for us?? Click the link below!

https://gofund.me/7f23cc4b

    Resources

    Address

    Old Fort, North Carolina

    USA

    Copyright 2023 | A WordPress Theme By SuperbThemes