{"id":5456,"date":"2014-06-02T07:16:14","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T12:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=5456"},"modified":"2014-06-03T07:16:43","modified_gmt":"2014-06-03T12:16:43","slug":"backpacking-superior-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2014\/backpacking-superior-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Backpacking Superior #1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over Memorial Day weekend I went on a 2 night backpacking adventure along the Superior Hiking Trail. \u00a0I was going solo which meant that I could hike at my own pace, take lots of pictures if I wanted to, stop and linger or push through. \u00a0I had a lot of fun. I talked with a dude from the Superior Hiking Trail Association at the Outdoor Adventure Expo to get some ideas and he suggested that I hike from Castle Danger to Beaver Bay &#8211; 30 miles. \u00a0That seemed reasonable enough.<\/p>\n<p>I was planning to do a bike shuttle &#8211; drop my car or bike at one end and drive\/ride to the other and hike through. \u00a0I compared elevation, etc and chose to drop my bike off at the Castle Danger trail-head and drive to the Beaver Bay trailhead. \u00a0The elevation change looked pretty equal, but the first several miles from the trail-head were on the road until it connected to the Gitchi-Gammi Bike Trail. \u00a0So it seemed like a good idea to ride that fresh! \u00a0As I was planning I had this nagging feeling that 30 miles might seem too short for 2 nights&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/crossn81\/14314469043\/in\/set-72157644901509324\/player\/\" width=\"240\" height=\"178\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> Saturday morning I got up early, finished packing, loaded the bike and hit the road. \u00a0I stopped at Tobies for an excellent cinnamon roll and drove the Castle Danger trail-head. \u00a0There was no place to lock my bike in the parking lot, but I found a road sign across the street that would work. \u00a0I decided to take my front tire off and used my u-lock through both tires and the frame onto the street sign. \u00a0I left the water bottle full on the rack and headed out. \u00a0I made it to the Beaver Bay trail-head loaded up and hit the trail by 10am.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/crossn81\/14294872605\/in\/set-72157644901509324\/player\/\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> I was hiking from North to South and the trail guide is written in the opposite direction. \u00a0This didn&#8217;t really create any trouble, but it was important to remember as I stopped to look at it and read the descriptions. \u00a0I also needed to remember to stop and look in 360 degrees throughout so I didn&#8217;t miss any epic views! \u00a0I accidentally left my hiking pole in the car and didn&#8217;t realize it until 1\/2 mile or so in. \u00a0I probably should have gone back for it, but oh well!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/crossn81\/14271730766\/in\/set-72157644901509324\/player\/\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> I hiked for quite a while before I saw anyone and then saw several people before lunch at the Beaver Bay campsite. \u00a0This was also the first chance I had to try out my new UV water filter. \u00a0It seemed to work well as I didn&#8217;t get sick!! \u00a0It was a lot faster than either a hand pump or iodine tablets and didn&#8217;t taste nasty like iodine does!! \u00a0Throughout the hike I did reflect on how relatively easy it was for me to use this $70 device to drink water any time I wanted and how hard it is for some people around the world to access safe water. \u00a0It made me very grateful for all those who have supported my fundraising efforts for clean water in the Congo and served as a great reminder that I need to keep up the work of raising $50 to provide clean water access for life. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/worldvision\" target=\"_blank\">You can do that here.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?w=625\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/crossn81\/14292540032\/in\/set-72157644901509324\/player\/\" width=\"240\" height=\"178\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/crossn81\/14292505302\/in\/set-72157644901509324\/player\/\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over Memorial Day weekend I went on a 2 night backpacking adventure along the Superior Hiking Trail. \u00a0I was going solo which meant that I could hike at my own pace, take lots of pictures if I wanted to, stop and linger or push through. \u00a0I had a lot of fun. I talked with a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[34,18,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cross-training","category-foto","category-world-vision"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4iaAv-1q0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6440,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2018\/05192018-race\/","url_meta":{"origin":5456,"position":0},"title":"05192018 &#8211; Race","author":"crossn81","date":"May 20, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Race completed! 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