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Welcome to Cal Hikes, by queer trans educator, activist, distance runner, backpacker, and dog dad Cal "Starburst" Dobbs (they/them).
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
Feb 17, 20222 min read
Gender Affirming Swimwear
The other day I went to buy a swimsuit for an upcoming family vacation. I found one that made me look “sexy” and isn’t that the point?...
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
Feb 17, 20222 min read
Assuming Pronouns
POP QUIZ You don’t know me. You see me looking like this (a snack) on the street. You think A. She has long hair. She has boobs. She is...
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
Feb 17, 20221 min read
On Shame
I have been thinking a lot about shame. In the woods I am shameless. I am free. I was raised to feel shame. shame for the way my mind...
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
Feb 17, 20226 min read
PRIDE Month Interview
Right before I left the high school I was teaching at, the school newspaper did an interview with me for Pride and I would like to share...
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
Feb 17, 20222 min read
Finding Dogs
My name is Cal and my partner Sean and I are thru-hiking the Continental Divide Trail (CDT) and two weeks ago two dogs popped out of...
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
Feb 17, 20222 min read
Healing my PTSD
There is something I have not opened up about publicly. It is extremely personal but I think it’s important that I share for two reasons;...
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
Feb 17, 20222 min read
Man's World
Mans world Mother nature’s dying Nobody’s keepin score I don’t wanna live in a Man’s World anymore - MARINA I’m done playing the games...
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
Feb 17, 20222 min read
Leaving Family to Hike
In order to thru-hike I am leaving Cooper, Colin, and my mom at home but the hardest to leave was Cooper. When Colin and I FaceTimed...
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
Feb 17, 20222 min read
Fourth of July
I do not celebrate the Fourth of July. I do not celebrate the conception of an imperialist colonial nation-state built on genocide,...
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
Feb 17, 20223 min read
Inner Child on Trail
In Episode 4 of @thetrek Trail Correspondents Podcast, I talk about something I think a lot about on trail: the rebellion of imagination...
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
Feb 17, 20221 min read
Pre-Trail Nerves
It’s all fun and games until you realize you fly out tomorrow to attempt a 3,100 mile thru-hike of one of the worlds toughest...
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
Feb 17, 20222 min read
2020 Recap
What the hell happened in 2020 - the year the world changed forever? Ran my first 50 mile ultra marathon and medaled Did a lot of...
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
Feb 8, 20221 min read
We're Off!
We arrived in Glacier National Park on June 15, 2021 and obtained our permits to hike through the park. We camped at Two Medicine...
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
Jun 8, 20215 min read
Gas Station Bathroom
NY —> NC Cory was so happy. He admitted that selfishly, he was glad he got so much time with me. Sometimes he worshiped me. That’s why we...
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
Jun 7, 20213 min read
Off Trail
Mountain Center, VT —> North Carolina The next day he picked me up at the hostel. I felt so tired from lack of sleep and a sugar hangover...
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
Jun 6, 20215 min read
The End
Killington, VT — The next day, Linda dropped me off at the Green Mountain Hostel in Mountainview, VT and we hugged goodbye. I knew it was...
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
Jun 5, 20213 min read
Linda
Killington, VT I found Beetle inside a church in Bennington and I couldn’t be more thrilled. Some very kind church people decided to be...
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
Jun 4, 20214 min read
The (short) Long Trail
Williamstown, MA —> Bennington, VT While Cory and I were in Williamstown I wrote an email I sent as an update to people in my life...
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
Jun 3, 20212 min read
Siphon
The next day, Cory drove me back to the other side of Mt.Greylock, the highest point in Massachusetts. I hiked about ten miles to...
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
Jun 2, 20213 min read
Syrup
Upper Goose Pond —> Williamstown Beetle and I hiked to Upper Goose Pond cabin and met Cory there to start the 50 mile attempt the next...
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