The southernmost 809 mi / 1,302 km of the Continental Divide Trail (CDT) covers the stats of New Mexico. New Mexico can (somewhat accurately) be described as the "desert section" of the trail and the entire New Mexico CDT is above 4,000 ft / 1,220 m and more than 75% is above 6,000 ft / 1,830 m
Continental Divide Trail In Photos: The Gila
Northbound thru-hikers of the Continental Divide Trail have a very important decision to make when they reach CDT Mile 173.1 (or for anyone who chooses to do the Columbus Alternate, where you begin the CDT from the town of Columbus, New Mexico instead of at Crazy Cook Monument south of Lordsburg,
Continental Divide Trail In Photos: New Mexico Water Sources
The start of the Continental Divide Trail (CDT) does to hikers whatever you would consider the opposite of "ease them into the hike" (that's right, it fucks them in the back of a Volkswagen). The water sources hikers have to drink from (yes, you have to drink from them, the alternative is
Continental Divide Trail In Photos: New Mexico Bootheel
Despite the Continental Divide Trail (CDT) having numerous starting (or ending, if you're one of those weird southbound hikers) points, many people (myself included) consider Crazy Cook Monument to be the "official" southern terminus (probably because there's a monument there with the CDT logo and
The Most Favorite Photos of 2017
Last year we had some pretty epic photos make The Most Favorite Photos of 2016, but I think I've managed to outdo myself this year. About a quarter of the way through 2017 I took the plunge and bought myself a new camera (so much lighter and more awesome). Towards the end of this year, I also
Singapore: The World’s Only Island City-state
I was lucky enough to get the chance to visit Singapore on my way down to Australia (thanks to some very inexpensive flights on Scoot Airlines. My time in the country was brief, but not so brief that I couldn't learn a bit about where I was. When you enter Singapore you are reminded that the
Fall Hiking In California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains
Some of my favorite places in the world can be found in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains and I've recently discovered my favorite time of the year to be there: the fall (or autumn as some readers know it). Why? Over the course of four days my group and I saw zero bugs and crossed paths
Photo Gallery: Bicycling Across Australia’s Outback
When I bought a bicycle in Melbourne and decided that I was going to ride it across Australia's Outback, I literally had no idea what I was doing (but I did know how to ride I bike, so I had that going for me). Along the way I learned a lot about bicycles, Australia, and the smell of rotting
24 Hours In Macau
Ask any American what the gambling capital of the world is and chances are they'll tell you Las Vegas. They would be wrong (stupid Americans). No, Las Vegas is bush league compared to Macau where in 2015 they brought in $28.92 billion in gambling revenue? Las Vegas? A mere $6.35