Really slow start, my goal was 15 miles. Four miles in I filled up my water and took a siesta. Just wasn't feeling it. There were cows and cow shit everywhere. At four o'clock I had made it only 10...
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Start: 1537.19 Parks creek trailhead End: 1557.77 Highway 3 . Got going at 8 again and pushed hard all day to make it to spaghetti. Took one break for food and water, and then stopped again later just long enough to get water. . Made...
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Start 1516.43 Bush Camp End 1537.19 Parks Creek trailhead . Pretty easy day today. Got going around 8 and the terrain was pretty much level. Lots of smoke in the area due to fires. A lot more water on trail than I would...
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Start: 1501.22, but hiked 2-3 miles getting there. End: 1516.43 - fabulous view bush camp . Today was around 100 degrees again. 4000 feet elevation gain. Hikers stopping and taking hours long breaks often. Surprisingly even though I felt ultra slow, I seemed...
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CHP Sergeant Gummert is retiring in the next year and plans to hike the Appalachian trail. In the mean time I know of at least nine hikers he has given rides to and from trail between Castella and Shasta...
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Start: 1482.18 Squaw valley creek End: 1498.65 Castella . Got up a little early, climbed 'the' hill before it got hot, was making superb time and then discovered I had really good LTE on my phone and Internet cracked for an hour or...
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Start: 1464.55 Butcherknife Creek End: 1482.18 Squaw Valley Creek . Where in the world is the water coming from? The only snowpack left in the region is on Shasta. My best guess, seeing as how many springs I've seen in the last couple...
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Start: 1441.97 Dirt road (not the best camp) End: 1464.55 Butcherknife creek . Three vehicles drove past my roadside camp. Evening, night, and morning. How unexpected. . The biggest challenge today was keeping hydrated in the 100 degree heat. I took a nap on trail,...
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^^ title is a pneumonic to remember the Supreme Court justices last names. I've been listening to the podcast "More Perfect" about the Supreme Court. This entry is going to have to suffice for four days, been a little lax. . ...
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