GREG​​SPENCER

July 1, 2016 - Had a bad stomach ache last night, woke me up around 11pm, took some medicine and about 30 minutes later I fell asleep and...

July 2, 2016 - I didn’t wake up at 4:30am like I planned but still got up early and was hiking by 5:45am. The mosquitos were still bad in...

July 3, 2016 - I’m not going to lie but I’m really surprised I made it the 30 miles today. Since I got to bed so late I knew I would try...

July 4, 2016 - Well basically the first 20 miles on the day were just in the woods. At times it would open up and see the sun but no...

July 5, 2016 - I got an early start as I always do when heading to town. Plus I was woken up by the construction vehicles that I saw last...

July 6, 2016 - It was tough getting up this morning after that late night hike out of Belden but I still had more climbing to do and...

July 7, 2016 - Last night I had a visitor come into my camp just as I was about to fall asleep. At first I didn’t know what it was but...

July 8, 2016 - Well I tried to sleep in but my internal alarm clock woke me up at 5am then at 6am. I finally got up at 7am and went...

July 9, 2016 - Well I had my first bear encounter on trail last night. Right as I’m about to go to bed, around 9pm, I heard some noise...

July 10, 2016 - The rain didn’t last that long last night and could have easily made it to that other campsite but those clouds made it...

July 11, 2016 - As bad as my ankle was hurting last night it felt really good today, only a little pain after my last water stop for the...

July 12, 2016 - Had a great night’s sleep on the soft forest floor after that long day of hiking yesterday. After packing up camp I left...

July 13, 2016 - Really I hiked 33 miles but I’ll get to that later. I knew when I woke up it was basically all downhill to Castella and...

July 31, 2004 - After my last 2 night hikes I didn’t get up till 8 so I got a late start. I was ahead of schedule since I had planned on...

August 1, 2004 - Spent another night sick as a dog. I need to stop doing that because it’s no fun. I would go to the bathroom every 2...

August 2, 2004 - A good night’s sleep on a mattress made things a lot better, stomach felt much better. Got a late start, 10am, letting...

August 3, 2004 - All I have to say is 5.9 miles for the day. I hadn’t seen anything like this before with the climbs. The climb up...

August 4, 2004 - Had a nice night’s sleep, good to be indoors when it storms all night. After breakfast I had to do a little cleaning...

August 5, 2004 - Still having stomach problems, hope it doesn’t last too much longer. Got breakfast from the hut then took off for the...

August 6, 2004 - Since I went to bed so early I woke up early, got over 10 hours of sleep, first time in awhile. The plan was to only go...

August 7, 2004 - After a nice breakfast I began my hike over Mt. Madison. The .5 mile up wasn’t so bad, the down was the killer. The 2.5...

August 8, 2004 - Got an early start in hopes of a 20+ mile day, been awhile since I’ve done that. Had to start the day with climbing out...

August 9, 2004 - After breakfast of donuts and milk I hitched my way back to the trail and started the steep climb up Cascade Mt. After...

August 10, 2004 - Hardest day I’ve had on the trail. The first 4.2 miles took 3.5 hours. I left camp at 8:00am to start hiking down to...