Mick Beckers

Day 67 Getting it done

25.4 miles Last night must have been one of the warmest on trail. During the night I had to strip

22.7 miles Lara, the Trail Angel who I secured a ride with met me at my hotel right on time.

12.9 miles A very easy and cruisy day into Steamboat Springs for my last resupply in Colorado. Wyoming here I

25.6 miles Not much to tell about today really. Just a day of on foot travel closer to Canada. The

22.3 miles A fairly gentle morning led into a gruelling climb and a full body work out by late morning

17.3 miles I wandered across the street for breakfast in town. I should have gone elsewhere. The egg scramble I

21.5 miles A fairly cruisey day today into the town of Grand Lake, the source of the mighty Colorado River.

24.4 miles It’s my 50th birthday. Unfortunately due to a miscalculation in days I did not tote out any birthday

24.2 miles for the day. During the night my nose detected the smell of wildfire smoke that had settled into

18.7 miles I completed under estimated how difficult the Silverthorne Alternate would be. A quick glance at the map and