Three rims, 46-ish miles, more than 11,000 feet elevation gain, in something like 18 hours
I conquered this bucket list beast with a buddy on September 30, 2023.
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Colorado Trail Segments 15-21
Six days and 105 miles in the wilderness alone
“In the wilderness, life is stripped of distractions. It is quiet. The topography demands discipline, simplicity, and fierce attention. Solitude in the wilderness makes irrelevant all the people-pleasing habits that have become interwoven into your personality.” — David Brooks, The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life.
This is a recap of my third annual solo backpacking adventure on the Colorado Trail.
The goal is to eventually complete all 28 Segments (486 miles) of the Colorado Trail, starting in Denver and finishing in Durango, segmented out to roughly one week of backpacking per year.
The broader goal is to build a habit of going into the wilderness alone every year.
Continue reading Colorado Trail Segments 15-212023 Goals
Here are 10 of my biggest priorities for 2023. Similar to my goals from recent years1, this list features a mix of bucket-list style accomplishments and (more importantly) healthy habits I want to build.
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My personal annual report for 2022 is organized in the following sections:
I broke out my 2022 Media Diet and Books I read in 2022 into separate articles.
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Similar to designing a healthy nutrition plan, it’s important to take control of the content you consume. Every year I revisit my media consumption strategy and take stock of the regulars in my rotation. For comparison, here are my Media Diets from 2021, 2020, and 2019.
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