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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
Jun 1, 20212 min read
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Massachusetts Beetle and I hiked together and decided to attempt the 50 mile again in a few days. We hiked very well together and always...
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
May 31, 20211 min read
Long Days
July 31 That night Beetle and I decided to attempt a 50 mile day together. We needed Cory to slack pack us so I texted him to pick us up....
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
May 30, 20215 min read
Beetle
Salisbury, CT Cory said he would meet me later on in Massachusetts. I hiked out of Kent depressed and anxious. At this point, every day...
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
May 29, 20213 min read
Uncertain
I was distraught about what to do romantically. I felt like I had to choose between Lionheart and Sam. There was a time when I thought I...
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
May 28, 20212 min read
Happy Birthday
Kent, CT It was a hot and cloudy July day in Kent, CT. We began the day fighting over something unremarkable. I remember that he argued...
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
May 27, 20212 min read
Trauma Brain
This is where my memory gets blurry. I stopped journaling. I stopped texting friends and calling family. My mom started to get scared. My...
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
May 27, 20212 min read
Bike Trip Overview
I started my first ever long distance bike trip from San Francisco to Los Angeles on Friday May 31, 2019. The approximately 500 mile trip...
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
May 26, 20215 min read
Pests
Kent, CT Lionheart said he had never had a good birthday. He told me something terrible always happened on his birthday. Growing up it...
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
May 26, 20212 min read
Dissolving
New York --> Connecticut Through all of this I felt myself drifting further and further from Sam. I lost my tramily and friends on trail...
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
May 25, 20213 min read
On the Run
Unionville, NY —> Connecticut Gone. They were gone. Everyone was gone, actually. I thought I had woken up in a sci-fi movie where aliens...
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
May 24, 20212 min read
New York Horror
The next day I reached a small town called Unionville in New York. The local post office let hikers sleep on their lawn. The local post...
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
May 23, 20212 min read
Perpetual Discomfort
The next morning I woke up in a pool of my own sweat, rain water, and blood, both mine and the mosquitoes’ I massacred. I put my wet...
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
May 22, 20216 min read
Music on the Mountain
New Jersey I bolted down the trail in New Jersey - it was already 3PM so I had to hike fast to get to the shelter twelve miles away. I...
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
May 21, 20213 min read
Sinking
The next day I wanted to get back on trail so I could catch up to Tracks and the rest of my tramily. He said he couldn’t take me because...
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
May 20, 20213 min read
Day Off in NYC
New York, New York We met a hiker named Slug and caught up to Bearfood. We all decided to drive into New York city for a day trip. I had...
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
May 19, 20213 min read
Lion in Sheep’s Clothing
Delaware Water Gap, NJ —> New York Lionheart arrived the next day and since it was Saturday, he drove us to the local farmer’s market. We...
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
May 18, 20212 min read
Temporary Tramily
Port Clinton, PA —> Delaware Water Gap, NJ It was only a few days from Port Clinton to the DWG so walking out of town I felt great. I...
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
May 17, 20214 min read
Independence Day
Port Clinton, PA —> Delaware Water Gap, NJ I woke up to my foot throbbing and itching. I checked the bottom - the blister was bigger. I...
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
May 16, 20214 min read
Dirty Hostel
Duncannon, PA —> Port Clinton, PA We hiked into Duncannon, PA and stayed at the infamous Doyle. This place is infamous for its stained...
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Calvin Dobbs-Breslin
May 15, 20213 min read
First Friends
Pennsylvania Border —> Duncannon, PA I hiked to a parking lot at a trail head just over the PA border the next day and asked some kind...
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