Category: Cool Adventures

Day 7: Wednesday, September 7: Crow Creek to Big Bend

Garmin Data: I woke up to my alarm early in the morning, but snoozed for an additional 10 minutes. I seemed to drift off again, even in the short period of time. Tim, the guy two feet away from me, was snoring still, sleeping flat on the ground, sleeping pad twisted beneath him and his sleeping […]

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Day 6: Tuesday, September 6: Penn Creek to Crow Creek

Garmin Data: In between swatting mosquitoes, I drifted off to sleep in the early morning hours of my fifth night camping. An infuriating buzz in my ear canal would cause me to stir, but what completely woke me up was another round of thunder. The only precipitation I heard was left-over rain falling from the […]

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Preamble

One task. It’s simple: walk on the Superior Hiking Trail from end to end. North to South. Walk, eat and sleep. Simple! The ultimate challenge is completing this task as fast as possible. My life focus in 2016 is to train my body, accumulate gear and experience, and execute a fast through-hike of the entire Superior Hiking […]

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Grand Marais

Hike Date: August 12-15, 2016 Trail: Superior Hiking Trail Trip Plan: 4 days, 3 nights, and to hit goal pace of 35 miles per day, 140 miles total Day 1 – Hike north from the side of Gunflint Trail to Hazel Campsite (34.5 miles) Day 2 – Hike north from Hazel to Arrowhead Trail parking […]

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Gooseberry

Hike Date: July 22-24, 2016 Trail: Superior Hiking Trail Trip Plan: Big miles over a weekend–from Gooseberry State Park south to home. Day 1 – Hike south from Gooseberry State Park to Crow Creek Valley Campsite (~8 miles) Day 2 – Hike south from Crow Creek Valley Campsite to Fox Farm Pond Campsite (~38 miles) Day […]

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Normanna

Hike Date: June 25-26, 2016 Trail: Superior Hiking Trail Trip Plan: Hike long on Sunday with my friend Dave Schuneman Day 1 – Two hours out north, two back from Lismore Road Trailhead Day 2 – Hike from Normanna Road north to ?? Stats: Total Miles: 45.8 Total Time: 13:56 Time at Camp: 0 Weather: […]

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Temperance to Beaver Bay

Hike Date: July 8-10, 2016 Trail: Superior Hiking Trail Trip Plan: One weekend (after work Friday until Sunday), Temperance River Wayside to County Road 4 in Beaver Bay Day 1 – Hike south from Temperance to Fredenburg Creek Campsite (6.2 miles) Day 2 – Hike south from Fredenburg to Section 13 Campsite (~34 miles) Day […]

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