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.
elephantsback at 2023-06-07 16:21:25+00:00 ID:
jn9tz4nWay 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:
jnbvgw5What was your trail name?
sbhikes (OP) at 2023-06-07 16:29:39+00:00 ID:
jn9vb43That 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:
jna0ibgNice! 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:
jna893wShe 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:
jn9vb43That 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:
jna0ibgNice! 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:
jna893wShe 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:
jnbvgw5What was your trail name?