Jay Van Dam

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Day 42: Pagosa Serendipity

Cut down from the mountain to the Wolf Creek Ski Resort to hitch from highway 160, got a hitch instantly from a man with rafting equipment in the trunk of his truck. Who was surprisingly 70, he said this is what happens when you stay active and healthy. Barely hearing him over the wind Wings said a quote by Napoleon (the hiker), "If you have one foot in yesterday and the other in tomorrow, you're pissing all over today." My ears popped as we dropped lower into town.

 

Almost as soon as we got off from the hitch we asked the first person we saw were a good place for breakfast was, her name was Chrissy, she lead us to the bakery, which lead to us getting an offer to camp in her yard, which we gratefully accepted. Once we were plopped down and acquainted with her husband Nick. A man with stories, he made his whole life seem serendipitous.

 

Wings and I went to the Riff Raff brewery while gofar made a phone call, Wings & I both finished the same day on the AT, with a photo of us right next to each other at the end, far out man.

 

We later met with Gofar & Wire-rims. Rims is a 63 year old hiking the CDT, who's done a number of risky mountaineering expeditions and succeeded, K2 & Everest to name a few. I could t help but drill him on his experiences and what he was doing with food for this section. Inspirational guy, he'll be doing the San Juan's solo too, hope to be like him one day.

 

"If the shoe fits, shut the fuck up and walk it off.", another good quote from Napoleon.