[Please note that this was originally posted on 4.4.19 here. Hiawatha Hiking Company is our new business!] Old School In days of yore, the popular trend was to throw on a pair of hiking boots before hitting the trail. Many people subscribe to that trend today. REI’s shoe department is inundated with hiking boots. Boots […]
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[Please note that this was originally posted on 2.14.19 here. Hiawatha Hiking Company is our new business!] Disbelief “Is this Highway 178?”, I ask a 20-something year old guy who was getting water from a creek with his male hiking partner. He says to me, “You’re hiking by yourself?” I respond, “Yeah… I don’t feel like
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Final Reflections Connection I started the drive back to the UP the following day. As I was driving on 61, I saw a southbound thru-hiker I had met near Carlton Peak. He was hiking on the gitchi-gami trail on the Gooseberry detour. He was using sticks as trekking poles and booking it like a mad
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Start: Kadunce River Campsite End: 270 Degree Overlook – Northern Terminus Day 16-17 mileage: 39 miles Total mileage: 260 miles (the end!!) The next day was glorious. I didn’t have to wear four layers of clothing. The sun even came out for a bit! The 1.5 mile walk by the lake was amazing. The winds
Start: Lutsen Ski Area End: Kadunce River Campsite Day 13-15 mileage: 46.7 miles Total mileage: 220.4 miles I hated to leave the room, but I got hiking a little before 8am. There was a drizzle, high winds, and it was in the 40’s, so generally miserable. It was a couple hours before I saw anyone
Start: East Branch Baptism River Campsite End: Lutsen Ski Area Day 10-12 mileage: 45.6 miles (plus 1.8 mile Oberg Mountain Spur Trail) Total mileage: 173.7 miles It rained all night (It’s not a backpacking trip unless you pack up a wet tent at least twice). Today I went through Crosby-Manitou State Park and yes, it
Start: Silver Bay (Penn Blvd.) End: East Branch Baptism River Campsite Day 7-9 mileage: 33.4 miles Total mileage: 128.1 miles We decided to take a “zero” day and the morning was spent touring the grounds of the Split Rock Lighthouse which we saw from afar the day before. It was beautiful and the caretaker’s home
Start: Reeves Falls Campsite End: Silver Bay parking area Day 4-6 Mileage: 48.6 miles Total Mileage: 94.7 miles On Day 4, we awoke feeling sticky and gross. One of the worst feelings I’ve experienced is putting on my damp, smelly adventure shirt in the morning. After a few days, it begins to smell like a
Start: Martin Road End: Reeves Falls Campsite Day 0-3 Mileage: 46.1 miles Total Mileage: 46.1 miles After spending a lot of the past six months feeling like a doormat and dealing with the stresses of life, I decided it was time to answer the call of Minnesota’s Sawtooth Mountains. A traditional thru-hike of the Superior