PCT2007 » Mouse http://pct2007.org Mexico to Canada on two feet Sat, 15 Oct 2011 03:47:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 2007-08-26 Tourist or Purist? http://pct2007.org/2007/08/26/2007-08-26-tourist-or-purist/ http://pct2007.org/2007/08/26/2007-08-26-tourist-or-purist/#comments Sun, 26 Aug 2007 22:20:42 +0000 Denis http://pct2007.org/2007/08/26/2007-08-26-tourist-or-purist/ CowboyMousePhoto

Ah yes, the Pacific Northwest. I’ve heard of thee and now we meet.

At some horrible hour of the morning, when the light drizzle began to get heavier Monty and I both moved into the hanta-virus shelter. Strangely this prompted Monty to make a cup of coffee. I however was quite prepared to go back to sleep for a few hours.

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Home of the viral mice

I was faced with a tough decision today. The trail seems to split in a number of places, the data book tracking one path and the guide book another. Since I’m logging the whole thing I should stick to the official route as much as I can, and I have, but this morning I took the scenic detour to Ramona Falls and right now I am a little way down the Eagle Creek Trail. In both cases the alternate routes are more popular with PCT hikers so hopefully my data will be relevant to others.

Shortly after I’d crossed the ‘hiker bridge’ at the end of the Ramona detour I came face to face with A Train and Monty. Somehow they’d forded the river, rejoined the PCT and headed south on it. For a guy who has done this a few times before Monty makes some dumb mistakes.

I met a scout leader with an interesting pack this afternoon. It looked almost exactly like Dad’s one except all the zips were intact and some stitching was in a slightly different place. Clearly from the same manufacturer it was probably a year or two newer, though having “Peace” in big letters on the back means it must have been around in the 70s.

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A pack very much like Dad’s

Quote of the day: “I’ve had this bottle since the beginning, it’s great” – Rigatoni. About 3 minutes before he tipped fuel onto a still-lit stove, setting his beloved bottle alight and melting the cap beyond repair. D’oh!

More photos of this day’s journey can be found at Little Crater Lake to Cascade Locks

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