Category: Backpacking
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20191014-20191020 Lakes Basin PCT, PNF
I took a road trip with Julie R. down to Portola, CA so she could attend a family wedding. While she did that, I hiked about the nearby Lakes Basin, PNF, making my way to and along the PCT from Graeagle, CA to the Sierra Buttes Fire Lookout. We finished up by spending a night…
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20191006 Walupt-Nannie Loop, GRW, GPNF
Hiked a loop from Walupt Lake along the PCT & Nannie Ridge Trail
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20190712 Lily Basin Trail 86, GPNF
A scheduling fluke provided me a four-day weekend, and I made tracks for the Goat Rocks Wilderness. Unsettled weather was forecast, I was pretty certain my horrid mood was going to turn into a migraine, and my I made some poor packing choices leading to a rather heavy pack – it was going to be…
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20190620 Boundary Trail 1 – PCT to Dark Meadow, GPNF
Continuing my efforts to hike the Upper Cowlitz watershed, I took a couple of days off work in celebration of the summer solstice, and headed to Council Lake. The weather was cool, damp, and grey – everything was socked in, and there were only a couple of campers up at the lake. I arrived in the…
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20180923-20181002 Wonderland Trail 2018, MRNP
And on your left, Mt. Rainier. It seemed a continual refrain as my brother Barry and I circuited, counter-clockwise, the imposing presence of Mt. Rainier along the famed Wonderland Trail. A celebration of cancer survival, it seemed the only thing big enough. I had applied for a permit the minute the website opened on March…
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20180824 Mt Adams Wilderness #2
Returned to Mt. Adams Wilderness for an overnight at Lookingglass Lake, making it as far South as the South Climb Trail. I will never forget the lonely night spent at Lookingglass Lake – the wind howling thru the burnt-over forest sounded like the shrieking of a thousand damned souls in the depths of hell. It…
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20180818 Mt Adams Wilderness #1
Hiked up the Killen Creek Trail to the High Camp. where I spent the night in the meadow, camped in a mountain goat wallow, then south to Foggy Flat for another night in a meadow, spending a day hiking in to the Devil’s Gardens.
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20170816 Baron Lake, Sawtooth Wilderness, SNF
I took a vacation this year, all by myself, to Idaho, with two objectives in mind – hike the Sawtooths, and visit my friend Hailey for the eclipse. Resounding success, on my part. 🙂 I left the house at 4:30 AM on Tuesday, the 15th, arriving after 12 hours at Grandjean campground, where I spent…
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20170704 Carlton Creek Cowlitz Trail, GPNF
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20170522 Dosewallips to Big Timber, ONP
I hiked up the Dosewallips Trail for an overnight at Big Timber Camp, ONP.