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
The Continental Divide Trail in Four Minutes [VIDEO]
When I hiked the Pacific Crest Trail I took a small video every day because I thought "it would look cool to see how the trail changes over time". More than two years after my Pacific Crest Trail thru-hike, and I finally go around to putting all those clips together into a short video. Said video