The BackpackingLight.com founder injured his foot and had to stop walking, but his two companions are continuing the Arctic1000 trek to the remotest point in the United States.

There was a fair amount of consternation among commenters at Jordan’s blog because there had been no word on the trio’s progress for going on three days. Posts on the blog from the first week out revealed the guys had seen enough grizzlies to give Paul Bunyan a scare, so there was a general sigh of relief that the pause in updates had a rational explanation and that nothing terrible had happened.