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Day: |
017 |
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Date: |
Monday, 19 May 1986 |
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Start: |
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Finish: |
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Daily
AT Miles: |
20.8 |
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Daily Other Miles |
0.5 (to spring) |
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Total
AT Miles: |
310.1 |
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Total All Miles |
321.1 |
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Weather: |
Foggy and drizzly in the morning. Some sun
and warmer in the afternoon, then rain and fog. |
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Accommodation: |
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Nutrition: |
Breakfast: Muesli, health drink.
Lunch:
Biscuits and peanut butter, health bar.
Dinner: Macaroni cheese,
instant pudding. |
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Aches: |
Some friction points on feet. |
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Animals Seen: |
Chipmunk. |
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People Seen: |
Three overnight hikers. |
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Pictures: |
Here |
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GPS Track: |
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Journal: |
Got up at 6:30am and left by 8am on a
dreary foggy morning with faint drizzle. The Trail became rocky and
passed through dense groves of rhododendrons, some in bloom, which
blocked progress and got me quite wet on a morning which was cool
enough anyway. After a while the drizzle stopped, but it remained
foggy. The Trail passed through some wet meadows and my Brooks were
thoroughly soaked – still hanging together, though. The Trail
became much easier as it joined an old forestry road and proceeded
along a fairly flat ridge. There were no views because of the
fog. The Trail then descended fairly steeply into Devil Fork Gap
where it crossed a road and then passed into a more settled
area. There were small farmlets, trailer homes and lots of Off Road
Vehicle tracks. The Trail ascended steeply from the Gap and it was
very hard work. Progress slowed to less than two miles per hour. I
could hear trail bikes roaring around on nearby trails and the one I
was on was obviously used by them too. The sky darkened and it
began to look like rain as I approached the turn-off to hogback
Ridge Shelter. I covered the 150 yards to the Shelter, which was
unoccupied, and went to get water at the spring one quarter of a
mile away. It began to rain while I was there – 5:10pm, same time
as last night – but I made it back to the Shelter without getting
too wet. While it rained I washed and set up, then managed to get a
fire going with damp wood but it took time and attention to cook
dinner. I relaxed after the meal and went to bed at 9pm. |
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