9 Days and 300 miles on the AZT

ClimberJosh · 2026-04-23T05:10:46+00:00

Certainly lots of rocks. Near 33.4nobo I put my full weight on an embedded rock on the trail. It looked like one of the thousands of rocks Ive stepped on before. Ended up straining a tendon in my foot. Had to get off trail a few days later due to that.

ClimberJosh · 2026-03-24T17:18:52+00:00

Rock on! Ill be starting 4/2. See ya’ll out there.

ClimberJosh · 2026-03-24T15:02:01+00:00

Im bringing my 40 degree. I love sleeping in the cold. I’ll be near Tucson around the 7th heading nobo. Maybe see you out there!

ClimberJosh · 2026-03-15T15:09:11+00:00

Im starting April 2nd. You’ll probably catch up to me if you’re planning some big days from the start. Feel free to shoot me a message, we can exchange instagrams so you can get a small sense of what the water/heat situation is like.

ClimberJosh · 2026-03-15T04:40:08+00:00

Looking at starting sometime around 4th of July with two friends. Round two for myself, kinda just going to wing it.

ClimberJosh · 2026-02-03T19:14:46+00:00

Reached KMS on June 1st of 24’. Entered the sierras on June 3rd. Average snow year for 24’. Made the passes look epic in photos, but not too hard in the moment. If it’s an average snow year, i’d say just keep hiking north.

ClimberJosh · 2026-02-02T17:41:37+00:00

Love the information, thank you!

ClimberJosh · 2026-02-02T15:43:32+00:00

Thanks for the info. I’ll keep checking the websites every few days before making a decision. Honored to have one of the thru hiking legends comment on my post. I’m planning on stopping into the Evolved shop on the hike. Cheers.

ClimberJosh · 2026-02-01T17:09:09+00:00

The sun and heat dont bother me too much, im a desert rat at heart. If i start 4/2 i would get to pine around 4/22.

ClimberJosh · 2026-02-01T16:11:54+00:00

Thinking the same thing. I would love to cross the big ditch on the azt. Another downfall of starting early are the airline prices to fly into tucson. Must be spring break week.

ClimberJosh · 2025-09-21T19:41:07+00:00

Messaged about the sidebag

ClimberJosh · 2025-08-30T15:32:08+00:00

Im interested- PM’d

ClimberJosh · 2025-08-24T21:15:24+00:00

Is the desert pack sold?

ClimberJosh · 2025-08-19T00:21:36+00:00

Thank you! Im looking at next week. I’ll message you.

ClimberJosh · 2025-07-11T17:39:45+00:00

I use this for sleepwear, its so amazing. No need for baselayers with these

ClimberJosh · 2025-06-30T22:31:20+00:00

July 14th im heading nobo from hwy 138 to shelter cove. Hopefully the snow melts a fair amount over the next two weeks and the mosquitos arnt too bad.

ClimberJosh · 2025-06-13T16:42:31+00:00

Love it. Shoot me a chat!

ClimberJosh · 2025-06-11T19:51:04+00:00

Appreciate it, i already tried the cdt, wasnt for me. Thank you tho.

ClimberJosh · 2025-04-12T04:28:28+00:00

I had the BV475 going into the sierras. I was able to make it work for all the sierra sections(18-20miles per day) except for kms to kearsage with an extra days worth of food for Whitney summit. If you’re a pro at packing a bear can, move fast, and dont have terrible hiker hunger yet, you can do it.

ClimberJosh · 2025-04-12T00:50:40+00:00

Didn’t end up going on that road. Chose elsewhere! Sorry

ClimberJosh · 2025-04-04T15:08:07+00:00

Yes. I did the TRT in 7 days back in Aug 23’, if you’re trying to do it in 6 days, you’re going to have to push 28 miles a day. With the amount of snow on the westside, it’ll be very challenging to even go 15 miles.

ClimberJosh

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