Aug 12 – 7 miles Left Sisters at 4:30 and was hiking by 5. I accidentally packed out a roll of packing tape, which I discovered whe I got to camp by 8:15. No wonder i was moving slow, all that weight! On the way I saw some mountain goats. I heard they’re supposedly stocked…
Category: Smokebeard
PCT121 – 2001 – the Sisters
Leaving Shelter Cove Last night I left Shelter Cove Resort after finally getting my UPS package. I made a pretty good pace uphill to the lake, despite having 7 days of food in my pack. Due to a mix-up, I ended up with 28 snack bars, almost a pound of macadamia nuts, a bag of…
PCT113 – 1872 – Out of Ashland into the Ash Land
Note: without good network access these posts get harder and harder to stay current with. I can’t write every night, and going by notes and memory is tricky. When I am in town, my time is often taken up with errands, laundry, and meals. I don’t have the luxury of time. Sorry if these posts…
10 signs you might be in Oregon
One day you realize that not only is it August, but that you’re actually in Oregon. If, like me, you stop and look up from watching your feet and things seem different to you, try this handy checklist to see if you’re in Oregon: 1. Cold nights The other morning it was 36 degrees in…
PCT105 – 1718 – NorCal to Ashland
Yes, I fixed my phone. It turns out that Android keeps a sort of index of all your pictures, separate from the pictures themselves. And this index can get corrupted. Because programmers are lazy, nothing traps the error usefully, and so WordPress and other apps would simply crash. After trawling some deeper parts of the…