The original was posted on /r/arizonatrail by /u/sbhikes at 2023-06-07 14:57:44+00:00.
I completed the AZT. So many flowers, I was in heaven. I hitchhiked around the Grand Canyon closure after doing an overnight in the canyon. Four hitches.
The AZT ranks up there as a top experience in my opinion. I look forward to reliving it through my pictures, turning them into videos. I also hope I can find other people’s videos, especially people I met along the way. I’ll be riding high on this for a while.
Nyaneek at 2023-06-08 03:20:09+00:00 ID:
jncknib
Happy for you! AZT is a great walk!
Twister_Hikes at 2023-06-07 15:29:27+00:00 ID:
jn9lmpf
Congrats! I finished my thru on May 1 after doing a route thru the canyon to bypass the closure! And I second that the AZT ranks HIGHLY in my top experiences as well!
phrenologician at 2023-06-07 15:47:55+00:00 ID:
jn9oljc
Awesome work!
RudioX at 2023-06-07 16:38:16+00:00 ID:
jn9wo95
Congrats! Great accomplishment, the AZT is so so beautiful, how your soul and body feels?
sbhikes (OP) at 2023-06-07 17:50:25+00:00 ID:
jna8dhy
My soul wants more. My body feels fine but it’s getting hot out there.
Kbudz at 2023-06-08 22:05:40+00:00 ID:
jngdfkn
On my bucket list!
elephantsback at 2023-06-07 16:21:25+00:00 ID:
jn9tz4n
Way to go!
BTW, are you the SB who was on the PCT in 2009? I don’t think we ever met, but if you are, I think your mother might have given me a ride into Chester from the trail. Is that possible?
…or maybe I’m making the whole thing up. It was a long time ago now…
sbhikes (OP) at 2023-06-08 00:12:57+00:00 ID:
jnbvgw5
What was your trail name?
sbhikes (OP) at 2023-06-07 16:29:39+00:00 ID:
jn9vb43
That is indeed my mother, “Piper’s Mom”. She moved away to Brookings Oregon so now she’s on the Oregon Coast Trail.
elephantsback at 2023-06-07 17:01:43+00:00 ID:
jna0ibg
Nice! She won’t remember me (I probably wouldn’t recognize her either). But tell her that someone from the class of '09 says thanks again for the ride and the trail magic!
sbhikes (OP) at 2023-06-07 17:49:40+00:00 ID:
jna893w
She may have taken your picture. I’m sure she loved helping you. It was her big thing for about a decade. She loved all her hikers.
sbhikes (OP) at 2023-06-07 16:29:39+00:00 ID:
jn9vb43
That is indeed my mother, “Piper’s Mom”. She moved away to Brookings Oregon so now she’s on the Oregon Coast Trail.
elephantsback at 2023-06-07 17:01:43+00:00 ID:
jna0ibg
Nice! She won’t remember me (I probably wouldn’t recognize her either). But tell her that someone from the class of '09 says thanks again for the ride and the trail magic!
sbhikes (OP) at 2023-06-07 17:49:40+00:00 ID:
jna893w
She may have taken your picture. I’m sure she loved helping you. It was her big thing for about a decade. She loved all her hikers.
sbhikes (OP) at 2023-06-08 00:12:57+00:00 ID:
jnbvgw5
What was your trail name?
SamGoesHiking1 at 2023-06-07 19:21:01+00:00 ID:
jnamyfi
Congratulations!!
rgent006 at 2023-06-08 03:46:30+00:00 ID:
jncnp6n
Congrats!
Kbudz at 2023-06-08 22:05:53+00:00 ID:
jngdgv4
On my bucket list!
JuxMaster at 2023-06-07 15:56:52+00:00 ID:
jn9q1vp
Nice job sb congrats
phrenologician at 2023-06-07 15:47:55+00:00 ID:
jn9oljc
Awesome work!
SamGoesHiking1 at 2023-06-07 19:21:01+00:00 ID:
jnamyfi
Congratulations!!
Nyaneek at 2023-06-08 03:20:09+00:00 ID:
jncknib
Happy for you! AZT is a great walk!
Kbudz at 2023-06-08 22:05:40+00:00 ID:
jngdfkn
On my bucket list!
rgent006 at 2023-06-08 03:46:30+00:00 ID:
jncnp6n
Congrats!