Donovan "Iceman" Rice: First Great Colorado Route Thru-Hike

Donovan "Iceman" Rice drew a 2,000-mile loop around Colorado, told us in April he might be "wildly off" on every number, and then walked it: the first person ever to thru-hike the Great Colorado Route. He is back on Hiker Trash Radio to be audited. Doc hauls out every promise Iceman made before his start and demands a verdict of promise kept or promise broken, with a surprising number of confessions. The four-month estimate became four and a half. The 1,700 miles became more than 2,000. A planned 13 fourteeners became 12 after lightning and wind turned him around, and he is still mad about Longs Peak. He did hang his food, except for the nights he slept with it, and he has developed a lasting grudge against the marmot. Along the way: a wildfire detour, a dry creek and nine liters of post office water, a 30-mile carry with yogi-ed water from three different sets of day hikers, a pack that rolled twice but, thankfully, not a third time, and the sentence "I don't have that rizz factor," a first in the history of the show, recorded on what Doc says was the 1,000th episode of his podcast career.