At 05:00 the alarm rings, by 05:30 I am on my way!

Once again no flowing water, so we took this

The water filter process. The top bag has the dirty water.

My body is filthy, but I have no water to wash

"Cowboy" camping on top of the empty sisterne

Day 5, km 101 Km !!!!

May 15, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C

Yea! I did it, I crossed the 100km mark today, actually wanted to go further, but my body didn't, and he's the Boss!
As I walked, the terrain got dryer and dryer, cactusses started appearing and all river beds were without water. At one, I at least found a small pool full of mosquito larvae, but "beggars can't be choosers! This is a new section of the hike where water is going to become a topic. At present I am carrying 3 liters=3kg, I'm going to have to increase this.
I started off the day with a guy from New Zealand, but as always after 30min he was gone. This is always sad, walking together is a great motivation but I am simply not able to keep up the pace of these young guys.
The last water site was again without water and so I set up my camp on top of the empty cisterne.Read more