Where's Rick Now?

Last June I blogged about Rick Ostheimer (aka his trail name Handlebar), a Wampum Chapter member and trail grubber and digger extrordinaire, who was thru hiking the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail.  You can see that original post here  http://davebrewerwampumchapter.blogspot.com/2010/06/wheres-rick.html

This season, I've been asked, "Where's Rick now?"  Well, back on the 3,100 mile-long Continental Divide Trail, of course.  He had to discontinue his hike last season because of illness, but he climbed back on that horse and headed west on June 30th to the Boulder, CO area to resume his solo hike.  He encountered some deep, deep snow at the outset of this year's continuation, necessitating his jumping ahead a bit to get out of it, but he'll go back and finish off that skipped section at the conclusion of his hike.

As of Monday, August 29th Rick was reporting from Butte, Montana and still headed north.  You can follow this year's trek through his trail journal at this site  http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=335037  There is also a Guest Book associated with his journal if you'd like to send him a message.

Here's a link to the Continental Divide Trail Website http://www.cdtrail.org/page.php

Wishing Handlebar the best on his journey!