Competing to find out who can create better dehydrated backpacking food!

Food is constantly on our minds while we are on outdoor adventures! Considering that we burn anywhere from 3,500 to…

Food is constantly on our minds while we are on outdoor adventures! Considering that we burn anywhere from 3,500 to…

We love data! We have been clocking and recording our outdoor activities with GPS trackers for years, so of course we did the same on the Continental Divide Trail. We both wore GPS watches and step counters and used them religiously. We already posted a map of our CDT thruhike showing our precise location every moment of the walk, but now we’ve had a chance to download and process the data. In this post we dissect and highlight the numbers from our walk.

The CDT was our second major thruhike. After finishing the PCT in 2018, we loved looking back at our photos,…

Ingredients (Serves 2 People): Before the Trail: Dehydrating: Dehydrate green beans and corn separately at 135°F until they are crispy…

This map was made using our daily GPS data from our 2021 CDT thruhike, recorded with Renee's Garmin Fenix 5 watch. It provides trail-level resolution of every step we took and every place we camped.

We minimized gear and chose lightweight equipment for our 2021 CDT thruhike. We both had base weights of about 10…

We completed the Continental Divide Trail from Mexico to Canada! Now we are asking ourselves, how do we measure a…

One of our most frightening moments on the Continental Divide Trail was in New Mexico when we arrived at a…

These three days included our final miles to Canada! We completed the CDT! We hiked an unbroken footpath between Mexico…