Mick Beckers

Day 9 First Zero

0 miles Today was my first day off or ‘Zero Day’. It’s impossible to hike a long trail without taking

14.6 miles (23.5km) Away by 6:30am again to push out the 14 mile road bash into Silver City. A very

24.2 miles (38.9 km) The night was cold. Not difficult to bare just drafty with a quilt rather than a

15.5 miles today. 123.5 miles in on trail. Other than collecting water from the next water cache in 7.3 miles

I woke early again to hike the 2.8 mile Highway road walk out of Lordsburg and the last open section

14.3 miles It was another early start, waking at 5am to hit the trail just before sun rise. Today was

25.3 miles today, I’ve lied. Did I said Day 2 is always the worst day on a long hike? It

23 miles. 45 miles in on trail. Night one tends to be a shitty nights sleep and last night was

22.9 miles. This is it. Day 1 on another epic adventure. I have mixed feelings of both nervousness and excitement.

T-minus 2 days – Lordsburg A low key travel day today with an early morning Greyhound bus ride over 5