I have great respect for any author who can really nail an ending. In the week and a half since finishing hiking, absolutely no inspiration…
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
By the end of our first day under his instruction, I had almost stopped calling Captain David, ‘Steve’. And that’s a pretty good summation of…
The End of the Road
Day 1 as a former PCT hiker. I am writing this from the town of Klamath Falls, best described as a ‘gateway town’. Not really…
Crater Lake
Tickets for boat tours of Crater Lake are somewhat more difficult to obtain than hen’s teeth. But this particular chicken is beaming a pearly white…
Day 53 : Highway 138
Start – Highway 138 (1805 m)Finish – Mazama Village (1835 m)Daily Distance – 23 kmAscent – ~620 mDescent – ~470 m The major downside of sleeping on a picnic…
Day 52 : Thielsen Creek Meadows
Start – Thielsen Creek Meadows (2115 m)Finish – Highway 138 (1805 m)Daily Distance – 14 km + Mt Thielsen summitAscent – 785 mDescent – 500 m Mt Thielsen can…
Day 51 : Diamond Lake
Start – Diamond Lake (1580 m)Finish – Thielsen Creek Meadows (2115 m)Daily Distance – ~9 kmAscent – ~550 mDescent – ? m It has rather crept up on me,…
Day 50 : Maiden Peak Shelter
Start – Maiden Peak Shelter (1840 m)Finish – Diamond Lake (1580 m)Daily Distance – 13 km + hitch from Shelter CoveAscent – 170 mDescent – 460 m That was…