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A Certain Kind of Grief
Mary Anderson
  • Oct 4, 2021
  • 3 min

A Certain Kind of Grief

Mary Anderson completed the 3,100-mile Continental Divide Trail on September 14, 2021. She wrote this post as she was approaching the end...
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Postcards from Mary: “No Subject”
Sara Tucker
  • Sep 21, 2021
  • 1 min

Postcards from Mary: “No Subject”

Mary Anderson completed the 3,100-mile Continental Divide Trail on September 14, 2021. She emailed this photo (above) soon after crossing...
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End of the Trail
Mary Anderson
  • Sep 19, 2021
  • 8 min

End of the Trail

The ability to loco-mote is an amazing skill, and being able to walk is really a miraculous thing. It takes a lot of body parts working...
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What I’ll Remember About the Winds
Mary Anderson
  • Sep 17, 2021
  • 3 min

What I’ll Remember About the Winds

The final stretch of Mary Anderson’s trek along the Continental Divide Trail included a crossing of Wyoming's spectacular and perilous...
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Reflections on Pacing
Mary Anderson
  • Sep 14, 2021
  • 3 min

Reflections on Pacing

Editor's note: Last Saturday, while in Pinedale, Wyoming, to resupply, Mary sent me a second draft of an earlier post, not knowing that I...
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How to Sense a Coming Storm
Mary Anderson
  • Sep 12, 2021
  • 1 min

How to Sense a Coming Storm

I have seen animals go silent just before the earth started to shake. They sensed the tremors coming. In some parts of the world, people...
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On Banishing Regrets
Mary Anderson
  • Sep 10, 2021
  • 1 min

On Banishing Regrets

Hiking helps me put my “mistakes” and decisions into perspective. I used to sometimes stop somewhere for the night only to regret the...
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Trail Wisdom: Coping With the Ups and Downs
Mary Anderson
  • Sep 9, 2021
  • 2 min

Trail Wisdom: Coping With the Ups and Downs

I stand on the top of a mountain feeling satisfied that my aging body made the climb. I eventually pull myself away from the views and...
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Editing Mary Badass
Sara Tucker
  • Aug 23, 2021
  • 3 min

Editing Mary Badass

"deepest river coming up. Some say waist deep. Some say can go down and find shallower place maybe. Cross tomorrow or next day. More cold...
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Mary Badass Tackles Yellowstone
Sara Tucker
  • Aug 14, 2021
  • 2 min

Mary Badass Tackles Yellowstone

Our guest blogger Mary Anderson reported yesterday that she has reached the northwest boundary of Yellowstone National Park on her...
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What I’ll Remember: Ennis to Big Sky
Mary Anderson
  • Aug 13, 2021
  • 2 min

What I’ll Remember: Ennis to Big Sky

Slack packing by beautiful Ennis Lake with a lovely breeze blowing. Trail angels Jackie and Dean Strong and their family. Hooking up with...
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Learning to Slow Down
Mary Anderson
  • Aug 8, 2021
  • 2 min

Learning to Slow Down

I slowly and painfully lift my stiff body from a sitting position on the ground. I stare at my pack, willing it to levitate into position...
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On the Way to McAllister
Mary Anderson
  • Aug 5, 2021
  • 2 min

On the Way to McAllister

Mary is taking an alternate route along the Continental Divide Trail to avoid the many wildfires in the region. In the past few days, she...
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Hiking Cross-Country: It’s About Trust
Mary Anderson
  • Aug 3, 2021
  • 5 min

Hiking Cross-Country: It’s About Trust

Wildfires have caused thru-hikers on the Continental Divide Trail to take sketchy alternate routes during one of the hottest, driest...
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On the Big Sky Alternate Route
Mary Anderson
  • Aug 1, 2021
  • 2 min

On the Big Sky Alternate Route

From where I am sitting right now life and time feel like such contrasting things, yet they are so closely intertwined. We live life for...
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Attitudes About Alternate Routes
Mary Anderson
  • Jul 28, 2021
  • 2 min

Attitudes About Alternate Routes

There are trail politics around alternate routes. On some trails, such as the Long Trail in Vermont, there really aren't alternate trails...
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Working Around the Wildfires
Mary Anderson
  • Jul 27, 2021
  • 7 min

Working Around the Wildfires

It's not the bears I am most afraid of out here. Lightning on an exposed ridge scares me more. And even more than that, I am concerned...
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It Would Be So Easy to Walk Away
Mary Anderson
  • Jul 26, 2021
  • 2 min

It Would Be So Easy to Walk Away

Self-discipline is often hard. When I am home it is easy to find reasons to put something off until the next day. But out here on the...
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The Whole Legend Thing
Mary Anderson
  • Jul 19, 2021
  • 3 min

The Whole Legend Thing

Korongo blogger Mary Anderson is making a solo thru-hike of the 3,100-mile Continental Divide Trail, a journey of healing that she began...
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Saying Good-bye
Mary Anderson
  • Jul 15, 2021
  • 4 min

Saying Good-bye

“A friend told me that one of the hardest things about losing someone was having love with no place to put it.” Korongo writer and CDT...
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