Gail D. Storey's Blog, page 3
May 28, 2017
GDMBR #3: Snow in the New Mexico Desert!
We’re opening to our vulnerability out here, physically from the vicissitudes of body, weather, and gear, and emotionally from the astounding spaciousness of blue sky and sagebrush terrain. Porter awoke in the New Mexico desert one morning to snow falling. He had camped a mile down a red clay trail to find a bush out […]
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May 25, 2017
GDMBR #2: Silver City to Pie Town!
This journey is a mix of assiduous attention to detail for survival and contemplation of luminous landscapes for the soul. After driving, sometimes for hours, to Porter’s drop-off trailhead, together we work for almost an hour to unload his mountain bike, Goat, from its vertical bike rack with its various locks and accoutrements, put on […]
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May 12, 2017
GDMBR #1: Mexico Border to Banff, Canada!
Gail and Porter Storey begin the 2,774-mile Great Divide Mountain-Bike Route from Mexico to Canada, with Porter solo biking and Gail hiking while doing support and logistics.
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April 30, 2017
HIKING THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TRAIL: #35
Gail and Porter Storey hike the 3,100-mile Continental Divide Trail from the border of Mexico to Canada, with Porter hiking mostly solo and Gail as trail-angel support.
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HIKING THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TRAIL
Here’s our video of our whole crazy fun adventure hiking the CDT!
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September 3, 2016
Continental Divide Trail #34: Epic Finish!
Our son, Philip, joins Og for an epic CDT finish in the Weminuche Wilderness, and a celebration with Intrepid and She Who Must Be Obeyed!
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August 31, 2016
Continental Divide Trail #33: Og, Intrepid, & She Who Must Be Obeyed!
Our well-earned trail-names: Og, Intrepid, and She Who Must Be Obeyed!
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August 28, 2016
Continental Divide Trail #32: Too Light in the Collegiate Peaks!
Og survives storms in the western Collegiates, Gail talks him into a real tent, Amber talks herself into Malbec plus champagne.
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August 22, 2016
Continental Divide Trail #31: Made it to Wyoming!
Og (aka Porter) gets sick but makes it into Wyoming on the CDT, and Amber kisses Nathan.
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August 9, 2016
Continental Divide Trail #30: Fire, Storms, & Old Friends
Og (aka Porter) messaged me late one night from his campsite in the Rabbit Ears Range to say he saw and smelled smoke, and was there a fire near him? I sprang into action from my hotel room and learned a lot about how to research fire activity, especially through an invaluable site called Inciweb. […]
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