The CO-X Hike: How I Did It, WRV Longmont

Join India Wood and WRV friends for the “Diagonal” documentary and a 45-minute talk and Q&A about how she planned and backpacked her own mostly-solo 1,500-mile route across Colorado.

This is not a Colorado Trail talk. India drew two diagonal lines from the SE to NW corners and NE to SW corners of CO and mapped routes as close as possible to the X without trespassing and despite inaccurate maps. She schmoozed private landowners and public agencies for permissions. Most of the route had no water so she often had to cache it. Then there were the challenges of physical fitness, loneliness, fear of “P. Rex”, food resupplies, segment transportation, communications, and hiking-buddy personalities. India will also tell stories about the Dungeons of Castle Peak and a Vail bear.

India is in her 50s and an avid WRV volunteer and former board member.