“Traveling nomadic during a world pandemic”

Two months ago, I was preparing to backpack portions ofArizonaand thePacific Crest Trails. By mid-March, the trail administrators closed all hiking trails demanding everyone leave due to theCOVID-19 World Pandemic.

Their concerns surrounded the health and safety of volunteers, trail angles, trails towns, hostels, and all supporters who may encounter hikers. Many such organizers are volunteers who provide rides, and small towns do not have hospital infrastructure to deal with hikers who may carry the virus.

The small communities have a valid point, as I know most hikers like me do not shower for days and to enter a town emitting odors just below the scent of rotting corpses, I could not blame them.

I continued monitoring state and federal officials as I isolated in the Arizona desert upon Bureau of Landmanagemt Lands, also known…