Miles Hiked: 26.0
Gratitude of the Day: I’m thankful that my blister is nearly healed and it doesn’t hurt as bad.
Today started out with the largest black tail deer standing right in camp when I woke up. What a way to start the day. By the time I had packed up to hike out it was already 7am, a late start for me. We had two fairly good climbs today but luckily they were both in a large dense forest of old growth trees. The first climb went well and I descended into the next valley and came to the perfect slot swimming hole for lunch. As I climbed down the rocks to the water I noticed a perfect entry spot to take a dip and made my way over, unfortunately a rattlesnake changed the plan as it was right where I wanted to go. A quick photo (from a distance) and I found a different spot to take a dip. After lunch myself and a couple others decided that we’d get into Mount Shasta today, Clyde (who BTW didn’t skip to Oregon) and Biggie took a different trail this morning and hitched to Shasta, Biggie had an inflamed tendon in her foot and it’s painful for her to hike. So a couple of us knew they were in town and decided to push the miles to join them. One of the things that made this easier was a PCT shortcut that was listed on our navigation app. It trimmed about 4 miles of the trail for the day, so it wasn’t too long if a day. After lunch o booked it the next 12 miles, covering them in just under 4 hours. I reached I-5 at 5pm. It took me 3 daily easy hitches to get to Shasta and meet Biggie and Clyde at their motel, another great surprise was that Baewatch had been vortexed by Clyde and I got to see him in town. That night was spent catching up and playing pool at a local saloon called the Gold Saloon. Tomorrow now I get a full zero for pushing the miles and will have time to sleep in and get all the chores completed.
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