AZT Northern Terminus Selfie at the start Stoked on fresh legs halfway through Day 1 Pacer extraordinaire; Dasher ended up doing 46 miles across five different segments with me First crew intercept Husky supervision Day 2 Dasher pacing me through the blizzard Pooped puppy after 18 miles in the snow Onwards, still snowing Once the clouds cleared it was beautiful Shoe change at the North Kaibab Trailhead Into the Grand Canyon. I had already logged 28 miles day that. Not your usual Coco overlook scene Gorgeous day on the trail It was great to find dry ground lower down Roaring springs with cottonwoods at peak Alpenglow just before Cottonwood CG See the ringtail?? This was a mile before Phantom Ranch Ali taking care of me in Tusayan Recovery stats — phew. Day 3 - trying to protect my lungs from cold air Towards Mexico! Bonk. Much easier to work with it than try to fight it. Late arrival into our Babbit Ranch camp with mule Mel (thank you!!) Breakfast!! Crew love Ali pacing Towards Flagstaff Still making progress Milestone. My watch was ~5 miles (?) ahead of the actual trail miles by that point, but still… Thanksgiving breakfast courtesy of Tana & Mel Thanksgiving zero day Got a hotel in Flagstaff to take full advantage of the rest day My butt guard, courtesy of Mel; I had terrible chafing issues on Days 4-5-6, this helped. Recovery stats after the rest day Back at it with Dasher the pacer Amazing trails - unfortunately I was hurt too badly to be able to run at this point. Still moving forward Party intercept in the van — Dasher catches the mood Paul 💙 Moral support An unexpected intercept from Tana complete with fairy lights and all 💫 spotted trailside… a sign? hard to see but this is a fresh bear track…. see it now? Amy pacing me for the second segment in <12 hours Paul pacing! First time in five years that he paced me 💙 Stoke is high - we didn’t know yet the adventure was about to be over The descent that made me drop Bad feet. LOWA’s ATR Fortux worked out great for me; the Altras (white), not so much. Final crew intercept Mile 309.2. I hadn’t stopped the tracker yet but we knew it was over. In great spirits, just missing a functioning right leg Paul, Tana, Amy, Mel Crew selfie in Pine The aftermath… doctor’s visit Waiting for the xray tec Inconclusive xray. The story continues!
