Destination: Sacramento (home) Starting Location: Manning Park Resort Manning Park Resort to Sacramento Found Dirty Bird & Numskull as we checked out of Manning Park Resort. And while they were still full of hiker stink Liz agreed to provide a ride to Seattle as long as we kept the windows down. Crossing the border was [...]
Archive for September, 2006
Home
Posted in 2006 PCT Trail Journal on September 29, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Relationships
Posted in 2006 PCT Trail Journal on September 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Destination: Manning Park Resort Starting Location: Manning Park Resort Today’s Miles: 0.00 Trip Miles: 2600.80 Manning Park Resort New relationships are found on the trail & existing relationships are strengthened. Sheri & Cathy arrived first & their congratulatory comments were wonderful. However, I had a feeling of being embarrassed by the attention and when Sheri [...]
Is it a zero when you are done?
Posted in 2006 PCT Trail Journal on September 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Manning Park Resort Zero seems like an inappropriate term now. Everyone caught the bus out this morning & I booked into a cabin in anticipation of Liz, & Sheri & Cathy’s arrival. Mom & dad could not make it as mom is too ill to travel. We spoke by phone & her congratulatory words will [...]
go-BIG is now a thru-hiker
Posted in 2006 PCT Trail Journal on September 26, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Destination: Manning Park Starting Location: Below Woody Pass Today’s Miles: 20.50 Trip Miles: 2600.80 Below Woody Pass (2643.0, 6135) to Manning Park, Canada (2663.5, 3800) ascent (2326) descent (4514) Arriving at monument 78 was surprisingly a non-emotional event. In fact giving a yell in celebration felt artificial & forced. What a contrast to the interim [...]
The Last supper
Posted in 2006 PCT Trail Journal on September 25, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Destination: Below Woody Pass Starting Location: Below Alpine Garden Pass Today’s Miles: 24.40 Trip Miles: 2580.30 Alpine Garden (2618.6, 6600) to Below Woody Pass (2643.0, 6135) ascent (4080) descent (4475) I am struggling to capture the thoughts of the last night on the trail. I have been focused on this goal for so long that [...]
Loosing year off my life
Posted in 2006 PCT Trail Journal on September 23, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Destination: Porcupine Creek Starting Location: Stehikin Today’s Miles: 21.20 Trip Miles: 2532.60 Stehikin (2574.1, 1600) to Porcupine Creek (2595.3, 5080) ascent (5128) descent (1660) In the fall the temperature feels different while the actual temperature is exactly the same. I do not know how this works but I felt it today and mentioned it to [...]
Odor control
Posted in 2006 PCT Trail Journal on September 22, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Destination: Stehikin “The Ranch” Starting Location: Stehikin Today’s Miles: 0.00 Trip Miles: 2511.40 Zero – The Ranch – Stehikin, WA An absolutely beautiful fall day in the Pacific Northwest. We have been joking that the weather is much too nice to be hiking and so we are spending a second night at The Ranch. It [...]
Welcome to the ranch
Posted in 2006 PCT Trail Journal on September 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Destination: Stehikin “The Ranch” Starting Location: Creek below Suiattle Pass Today’s Miles: 18.80 Trip Miles: 2511.40 Below Suiattle Pass (2553.3, 5730) to Stehikin “The Ranch” (2574.1, 1600) ascent (2641) descent (6811) The only way to make today colder than yesterday would be to add some really wet snow. So that is what happened. As I [...]
go-Deep again
Posted in 2006 PCT Trail Journal on September 20, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Destination: Creek below Suiattle Pass Starting Location: Fire Crrrk Today’s Miles: 26.20 Trip Miles: 2492.60 Fire Creek (2529.1, 5370) to Creek below Suiattle Pass (2555.3, 5730) ascent (8248) descent (7667) We are 100.1 miles from Canada – holy crap batman we are getting close. The only way to make today colder than yesterday was to [...]
Life raft
Posted in 2006 PCT Trail Journal on September 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Destination: Fire Creek Starting Location: Pass Creek Today’s Miles: 28.90 Trip Miles: 2466.40 Pass Creek (2500.2, 4200) to Fire Creek (2529.1, 5370) ascent (7520) descent (6644) Miserable! My thermarest was functioning more as a life raft than a mattress as I woke up to a flooded tent. Not sure where the water came from exactly [...]
