Hey, remember Cargo? Well here’s an update – and some information about his route for those of you who may be traveling from Vegas to Reno on U.S. 95 anytime soon.
We talked to Cargo a couple days ago, he’d made it from Arizona to Vegas since the last time we chatted. He was still having trouble with blisters, and had stopped in Vegas to visit his brother and buy shoes. Again. I guess when you walk a gabillion miles you wear out a lot of shoes, and quite possibly your feet entirely, but this hasn’t deterred Ol’ Cargo too much. He’s determined to make Oregon for Christmas, and even with the foot troubles, he’s still on track. (The shoe saga is really worth following on his Facebook page.)
One thing he’s recently had a little trouble with is finding water along the way. He had a couple of bad days in the Arizona desert, and he’s got some pretty desolate country to pass through on foot between Vegas and Reno. He’s relied on the people who leave water along the way, or water he finds along the way, to hydrate and keep him going.
A tough Thanksgiving!
Posted by Cargo, hiking from Ushuaia to Prudhoe Bay on Friday, November 24, 2017
