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My Colorado Trail Psychedelic Experiment (Chapter 2) * 2
    #25379781 - 08/10/18 02:52 PM (5 years, 5 months ago)

Aug 9
Miles: 20.6
Dose: 2 grams (1 at breakfast, 1 more three hours later)

I have found that good place now. I have found a very comfortable relationship between myself and the mushroom. It has become a new normal for me out here now.

I will say that it’s probably best that I did not trip yesterday, both because my brain needed the rest so that I could reset my system a little bit, but also because yesterday was probably the hardest day that I’ve had out here so far, at least in terms of psychological challengers. I’lll keep it brief for now, suffice to say that I bonked half way through the day and was not feeling it. I was tired, I was hungry, and I’m sad to say that there was a part of me that was totally over the trail. It was a hard realization to come to, but I’m okay writing about it now because I know the cause behind it. It wasn’t because I was actually wanting to go home—it was because I was in an extremely sever caloric deficit. I knew that I had not packed enough food for this segment of the trail (oops!), but I did not know how heavily that was going to impact me during these last few days. But after hitting that wall yesterday I started thinking about why, and realized that it had everything to do with my lack of food and not my lack of love for the trail. That theory was more fully confirmed today, but I’ll get to that in a bit.

So as I was struggling with the trail yesterday, I started to think to myself about how much I was burning and how much I had eaten. I must emphasize that this is not my first long trail, and that this is something that I should have already had figured out, but we all make mistakes, so hopefully you’ll give me some leeway and forgive. So here’s the math that I ran: I hav been out on trail now for 11 days (as of yesterday), and I’ve been hiking for about 10 hours per day. With the condition of the trail and the weight of my pack, I figure that I’m burning between 600-800 calories per hour. So that’s 7000 calories burned just from hiking. Then you have to factor in my baseline metabolic rate which is about 2,400 calories, so to meet baseline I need to be eating 9,000-10,000 calories PER DAY! But since I didn’t pack enough food on this segment, yesterday I only got about 3,500 calories and I’d barely had more than that the day before. Not even meeting half my needs. So it’s no wonder that I was having a hard time. And as soon as I had my dinner last night I started to feel a bit better.

Today I expected was going to be a rough day because I had to work with that same caloric restriction, and I had to do about 21 miles to get to my resupply (where I am now writing this). But I still decided to eat some mushrooms this morning. Honestly though, my main reason for doing it is because whenever I’m tripping it kills my appetite, so I hoped that by taking some mushrooms it would keep my mind off the hunger pangs. It did... but it also made me remember how much I love doing what I’m doing out here.

I woke up early this morning so that I’d hav time to get the miles under foot and get into town (town meant that I got to have a big giant meal), so I started hiking at about 6:30 when I normally start hiking at around 9. I had one gram of mushrooms right away which kicked in within about a half hour, and I was in heaven! It wasn’t a strong trip by any means, but it gave me energy and focus and it adjusted my thinking in such a positive way that I stopped several times just to take notes in my journal about ideas that I want to bring with me back into the “real world” after this hike is done.

I met a super cute female hiker headed the opposite direction right as that first gram of mushrooms was “peaking,” but Ive reached a point now with the psychedelic realm that I was totally comfortable standing there and talking with her for awhile. I could feel a really beautiful connection between us, and if it weren’t for the fact that we were hiking in opposite directions, I would have LOVED to share some miles with her. This is a pretty big step for me because historically I’ve always been extremely uncomfortable with social situations while I’m tripping, but first the trip was not that strong, and two I’ve become extremely comfortable with tripping out here. As I said in my last journal, I’ve actually reached the point where there is barely any delineation between tripping and sober for me out here anymore. The two worlds have blended together into a very similar reality, and it’s everything that I hoped it could be... however, I do sort of wonder what it’s going to be like going back to work at the end of this journey and actually acting like a “normal” human being. God... I never want this journey to end.

Not long after she and I went our separate ways I realized that I was having such a good time and was barely even bothered by the hunger (eating the mushrooms really did help me with the hunger pangs), so I stopped and popped another gram. I also checked my supply and realized that I should have plenty to get me through the rest of this journey without having to ration too much.

The second gram was just a small bump, but it pushed the first gram to last longer, and I basically just rode this wave of euphoria and slight tripping for about 15 miles. Once they wore off the hunger kicked back in and I’ll be real with you in saying that I was basically starving once I reached the trailhead where I hitched a ride into town. The guy who gave me a ride into town was SUPER cool. He had hiked the CT last year and he was nothing but a ball of energy. He dropped me off at the local hostel here in Salida where I got a shower and asked for directions to the best steak in town. Although I’m trying to kind of conserve my money on this trail, I have been dreaming of steak all through the last two days. In fact, today while I was tripping I saw some grazing cattle and promised them (yes, I spoke aloud to the cows) that later in the day that I was going to eat one of their relatives. And since I had a promise to fulfill I walked my way to the steakhouse, ordered a whole order of shrimp, followed by a house specialty salmon entre, and when the waitress brought the check, I pushed it away and asked for the biggest steak that they serve. She asked if I was serious, and I told her to bet her ass that I was. So I tore up the steak too, and the owner even came up to me while I was eating my steak and potato and asked if I was going to be able to finish. I promised him that if my wallet would allow that I’d order three more steaks, and I wasn’t kidding. I swear to the god of mushrooms (Terrence McKenna, of course) that I could have done it. But i needed to save money so I can have a steak again tomorrow. So I finished my second entre, happily accepted the check which was expensive but worth every penny, and then walked across the street where I bought a whole pound of organic M&M’s, a bag of coconut chips, and an orange... oh, and a little chocolate bar. An hour later I’d eaten all of those too.

I’ll spend tomorrow and part of the next day in this trail town resting and resupplying before my next stretch. It looks like the weather is going to be good, and from what I hear, my next 100 miles may be the most beautiful that the trail has to offer. Also worth noting, I have my eyes set on a place called Lake Anne. I have MDMA in my bag, and although I’ve never taken it before, next week will see an end to that claim. I’ll set up camp early beside lake Anne and see what all this MDMA talk is about. I want to take it with two tabs of LSD, but I also want to see what the pure MDMA experience is like. Curious to see if you all have any advice on that.

Anyways, it’s way too late and I’m way too tired, but I wanted to keep this journal up to date, so I felt obligated to write.

Happy tripping, and I’ll talk to you all soon.

Love,





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Date: Aug 7
Miles: 26.2
Dose: 3g distributed over the early hours of the day

I have reached a point that I didn’t even really know was the goal when I set out on this journey, but now that I’m here, I know that this is what I’m looking for. In short, I guess you could say that I’ve just about lost my goddam mind, but that makes it sound bad. I prefer to say that I have reached the threshold between sanity and unsanity. I have cast away that norms of society and I have completely become enveloped within this journey and within nature and within the self that existed and still exists outside the constraints of society and its norms.

In a way I feel like the line between sober/straight consciousness and psychedelic consciousness have started to blur.

Four years ago I had a dream to do this along the pacific crest trail, but honestly even though I tried and had an amazing experience out there that was completely enlightening, I don’t think that I got to the point that I am at now. I didn’t have the bravery to take the plant medicines like I wanted to. Yes I tripped a lot while I was out there, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it day after day again and and again like I have managed to do out here in Colorado.

I first learned that this was possible last year at the end of August... wow, only now that I write that do I realize that it’s been almost a year. It’ll be a year before this journey from Durango to Denver is over. Amazing how time passes. But anyways, last year in August I traveled to Grand Teton National Park and I watched the solar eclipse in its totality at the top of an 11,000 foot tall mountain while riding a mushroom trip. After the eclipse I redosed and hiked through the mountains for the rest of the day, redosing once again in the afternoon. Then the next day I did it again (but without the eclipse, of course), and the day following I drove to Yellowstone National Park and did it again. Each day, for three days, I just ate mushrooms at progressively higher doses to compensate for the prior days dose, and then I redosed through the day. It got easier with time, and the line between baseline and psychedelic reality blurred together. It was a very enlightening and empowering experience. It was nice to become comfortable within the psychedelic experience, especially while I was emerced in nature.

I have reached that point again out here on the Colorado Trail, and I realize now that this was the goal. I no longer feel tied down by the social norms of society. I feel true to myself and to the way that I was supposed to be before my upbringing, my education, and the restrictions that are placed on us by society.

I woke this morning and had a gram of mushrooms. An hour later while filtering water I ate another gram, and then about two hours later while stopping in the shade for a snack I ate another gram. The trip was not overwhelming, but it was absolutely present throughout the day. And here’s the funny part: Today was the supposed worst part of the Colorado trail. It was a notorious 23 mile waterless stretch where temperatures exceeded 90 degrees for most of the day. The other hikers who I met on trail (worth noting, that many people hike this trail, but almost everyone does it in the opposite direction that I’m hiking it, so I’m not with them for more than a minute or two) all looked miserable during the stretch. They were hot and thirsty, and although I felt it too, I have a lot of experience in hiking long miles and I have a lot of experience in hiking in the heat since I’ve been living in Arizona for quite some time now. So for me, the heat and the lack of water wasn’t actually that big of a deal. The trail wasn’t as magical as some of the mountains that I’ve seen up to this point, but with the mushrooms flowing through my system, I found my mind was a wonderland that I explored while I steadily walked along the path northward towards Denver.

I honestly do not know if I will trip again tomorrow. I want to, to be sure, but I only have so many psychedelics with me.  I’m not near running out at this point, but I’m not quite 200 miles into the journey yet, and this trail stretches for almost 500 miles, so I want to be sure that I do not run short. To be honest however, there is a good chance that Ill take a couple of tabs of LSD tomorrow and let the next two days after be my rest days (or maybe three days since I”lost be going into a trail town after that.

Thanks for reading. I hope to have more to share soon.

(Did I mention that I’m finding myself talking to myself a lot out here and also talking to the animals when I see them? I find their company to be more enjoyable than that of the other hikers.)

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Date: Aug 6
Miles: 24.7
Dose: 1.5g w breakfast; 1.5g w lunch; .5g afternoon.

It had been three days since my last psychedelic endecour as of this morning, but I knew that today would end that streak. Three days ago the weather was far too bad for psychedelics, and to be honest, it was even a hard day on trail being sober. I woke up to rain at nearly 12,500ft, and hiked for hours through a storm. The weather eventually lifted in the afternoon to make for a beautiful sunset that I would have loved to see in the glow of mushrooms, but even sober it was amazing. It may have even made me appreciate it more knowing that it was unadulterated by any substance.

The following day I went into a trail town (Lake City) for resupply, and I don’t have any care to mix psychedelics on this journey along the Colorado Trail with trail towns. Trail towns are weird enough as is. It’s almost a psychedelic experience on their own. After spending 150 miles in the wilderness by myself, to go into a town—even a town with just three or four hundred people—is kind of overwhelming. So needless to say, I stayed baseline during that day, and the day following (yesterday) for the same reason.

I left the town yesterday afternoon having spent about a day with resting, resupply, eating of pizza, laundry, and that kind of thing, but when I left I had a pretty good idea that today I’d be eating mushrooms.

I’ll be honest in saying that even now, even after all the trips that I’ve had on this hike and in my life leading up to now, it wasn’t easy taking the dose this morning. It never is. I’ve come to have a deep respect for the potential in these plant medicines, but at the same time, the more that I do it, the more I learn to just trust myself, and take the jump. It’s a lot like skydiving in that way.

So this morning I took 1.5g of mushrooms. I could have done 2 in hindsight, but I don’t regret my choice, as it ended up working out perfectly.

The first half hour I had zero effect, and the one hour after that was mildly challenging. It wasn’t all out unpleasant, but the comeup was... well, like it always is I suppose. But after 1.5 hours had passed I was in a very blissful and introspective place. I was fully connected with nature and this trail that I’ve been on for 9 days now. I found myself looking back on my life, all the things that have led me here, and thinking really hard about my future. I came out here seeking some questions about what to do in the next few years of my life, and although I had some idea of them before the trip today, I found a lot of answers in that first part of today. I also fell back in love with the trail during that morning trip. You see, after a trail town it can be hard to come back to trail. You fall in love with the ease of the town, the access to food and a warm shower, the social connection with other hikers, and all that kind of stuff. Then you come back to trail and it’s just you again. It can be lonely and overwhelming. The struggle of pushing mile after mile can get to you. But after this morning, I was fully back in love with this hike and completely fulfilled with being out here on this 500 mile journey between Durango and Denver.

Three hours into the hike this morning I stopped to filter water and took another 1.5 grams. This second half of the trip (I find that doing it this way just extends the trip more than anything) was a true adventure. I met a couple of day hikers on the Colorado Trail who told me that they were using the trail to access San Louise Peak (14,014ft elevation). The peak itself was absolutely not a part of my plan for the day, but several of them said that the view from up there was to die for, so after some contemplation, and after the mushrooms started kicking in again and I could feel the additional bump from the second dose, I made the choice to take the detour. I dropped my pack at the junction between the trails, and scurried from 12,300 feet all the way to the top. I only saw two other hikers during the detour, and they were on their way down. By now I’ve become comfortable interacting with other hikers while I’m tripping. I wasn’t high enough that it was a problem at all. Instead, I was in a state of extacy and introspection, and the world around me was all glossed over and beautiful. I found absolute isolation at the top right as the second dose of mushrooms peaked. It was like being on top of the world. I could see so far off in every direction, and I could make out the parts of the trail that I had walked over the last day to get up there.

Maybe this is just how I was feeling up there, or maybe it was the mushrooms, but for the first time in my life I stripped off all of my clothes except for my hiking boots and my hat, and I stood up there just like God had made me in absolute bliss and surrender to the moment. I have a close friend who says that I always get naked when I’m on psychedelics, but I don’t think that’s fully true. I think that they just push me in that direction more than I would otherwise feel the need. It felt liberating being up there in the buff, completely alone, on top of the world, 150 miles into this journey through Colorado and into myself. It was like heaven.

I wasn’t up there for more than maybe ten minutes. I snapped some pictures and video, got redressed, and then hurried back down to my pack where the two trails connect. when I arrived there I had one more half gram of mushrooms for good measure and continued down a beautiful valley with river water flowing beside it. The last bump of mushrooms just let the wave of the second dose ride on a little bit longer and it made the world just a little more beautiful than it already was.

By the afternoon I was basically baseline except for my afterglow that I carrried with me until the sunset.

I may or may not dose again tomorrow. I haven’t decided. At this point I have 75 miles to my next trail town, so that’ll take three days. After the journey today, I’m toying with the idea of redoing it again soon, as I found nothing but good from it today.

Will write back again soon


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Re: My Colorado Trail Psychedelic Experiment (Chapter 2) [Re: TheScientificMethod]
    #25380109 - 08/10/18 05:21 PM (5 years, 5 months ago)

I am curious about your dosage. How strong of an effect are you feeling? I am an experienced hiker,and I understand the physical strains and that the trail provides a distance hiker.

Do these dosages give you more of a micro dose effect or are you having visuals when you eat it still? My metabolism is insane when I am distance hiking, so I am curious.


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Re: My Colorado Trail Psychedelic Experiment (Chapter 2) [Re: Nataraja_Shiva] * 1
    #25380125 - 08/10/18 05:30 PM (5 years, 5 months ago)

Very valid question!
It has taken me a long time to get used to long distance hiking, a long time too get used to the exact effects of the mushrooms and a long, long time to get used to the two of them together. From my experience, the hiking does not lessen the effects. I have become comfortable with the effects, but they still hit me just as hard. The thing that lessens the effects a bit is the fact that I’m doing them so often. The effects I get from 1/2 a gram are above what I can call “microdose.” I microdosse a lot back home, and what I’m getting out here and aiming for is above threshold. If I eat one gram it gives me slight visual effects, but mostly mental effects. If I eat 1.5 grams it gives me slightly higher visuals, if I eat 2 grams it’s pronounced visuals. All doses up to that point give me a boost in energy and focus while I’m hiking, especially now that I’ve become used to the effects.  It’s almost like a pre workout that You’d take before going to the gym. By the way—I almost always take .2g before working out at the gym when I’m not on trail.

I cannot get above 2 grams without it affecting my ability to cover miles unles I’ve built up a tolerance.

I’d also like to emphasize that I DO NOT advise that anyone do what I’m doing out here. I have a lot of practice with this and I’m very meticulous about how/where/when/how often I do what I  do. I have done this before, but i’m Finding that the Colorado Trail is giving me the best results that I’ve ever had, mostly because of the experience I  have and because I know what I’’m doing now.

Hope this answers your question.


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Re: My Colorado Trail Psychedelic Experiment (Chapter 2) [Re: TheScientificMethod]
    #25380914 - 08/11/18 05:01 AM (5 years, 5 months ago)

Thanks for continuing to share.
I look forward to the next instalment.


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    #25380950 - 08/11/18 05:41 AM (5 years, 5 months ago)

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Very valid question!
It has taken me a long time to get used to long distance hiking, a long time too get used to the exact effects of the mushrooms and a long, long time to get used to the two of them together. From my experience, the hiking does not lessen the effects. I have become comfortable with the effects, but they still hit me just as hard. The thing that lessens the effects a bit is the fact that I’m doing them so often. The effects I get from 1/2 a gram are above what I can call “microdose.” I microdosse a lot back home, and what I’m getting out here and aiming for is above threshold. If I eat one gram it gives me slight visual effects, but mostly mental effects. If I eat 1.5 grams it gives me slightly higher visuals, if I eat 2 grams it’s pronounced visuals. All doses up to that point give me a boost in energy and focus while I’m hiking, especially now that I’ve become used to the effects.  It’s almost like a pre workout that You’d take before going to the gym. By the way—I almost always take .2g before working out at the gym when I’m not on trail.

I cannot get above 2 grams without it affecting my ability to cover miles unles I’ve built up a tolerance.

I’d also like to emphasize that I DO NOT advise that anyone do what I’m doing out here. I have a lot of practice with this and I’m very meticulous about how/where/when/how often I do what I  do. I have done this before, but i’m Finding that the Colorado Trail is giving me the best results that I’ve ever had, mostly because of the experience I  have and because I know what I’’m doing now.

Hope this answers your question.





Yes, it does answer my question. Pretty much what I was thinking. I agree I would not be able to cover many miles eating more than two grams haha.

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Re: My Colorado Trail Psychedelic Experiment (Chapter 2) [Re: Nataraja_Shiva]
    #25381634 - 08/11/18 01:19 PM (5 years, 5 months ago)

Yeah keeping your footing for safety alone would be tough on a decent trail with 2gs thrown back. I know I get unsteady esp on the come up whenever I dose

Neat write up btw
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Re: My Colorado Trail Psychedelic Experiment (Chapter 2) [Re: ashfiken]
    #25410093 - 08/24/18 01:52 PM (5 years, 5 months ago)

I have just finished the 26 day hike that was 525 miles long and stretched from Durango to Denver. I found that my journey on the Colorado Trail was much more successful in terms of my ability to use psychedelics along the way. On the PCT I was using mushrooms or DMT about every week, but on the Colorado Trail I used them 61% of the days that I was on trail, and almost every day that I used them I dosed and redosed and usually redosed again.

I hope you enjoy, and I’d love to hear your feedback if you make it through the whole thing.

Here’s the link: https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/25410077/vc/1#25410077


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Re: My Colorado Trail Psychedelic Experiment (Chapter 2) [Re: TheScientificMethod]
    #25453419 - 09/11/18 08:38 PM (5 years, 4 months ago)

Sorry mate missed the update .

Will give a read when I get the chance.

Glad you made it.


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