

PCT Day 14: Ready for home
Date: Aug. 4 Location: Mink Lake Basin, between Waldo Lake and Elk Lake in the Three Sisters Wilderness Area. Elev. 6,657 ft. Days...
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Aug 4, 20111 min read
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PCT Day 13: Home to Lane County
Date: Aug. 3 Location: Upper Rosary Lake, north of Odell Lake off Highway 58. Elev. 5,850 ft. Days hiked: 13 Days left on first...
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Aug 3, 20111 min read
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PCT day 12 photos
43.502123-122.092406 #PCT
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Aug 3, 20111 min read
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PCT Day 12
Date: Aug. 2 Location: Summit Lake, north side of Diamond Peak. Elev. 5,553 ft. Days hiked: 12 Days left on first segment: 4 Miles...
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Aug 2, 20111 min read
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PCT Day 11 Photos
43.30494-122.002498 #PCT
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Aug 1, 20111 min read
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PCT Day 11
Date: Aug. 1 Location: Tolo Springs, 16 miles north of Mt. Thielsen. Days hiked: 11 Days left on first segment: 4 Miles hiked: 176 ...
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Aug 1, 20111 min read
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PTC Day 10
Date: July 31 Location: north base of Mt Thielsen Days hiked: 10 Days left on first segment: 5 Miles hiked: 160 Avg. Per day. 16.0 ...
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Jul 31, 20112 min read
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PCT Day 9: Crater Lake
Pacific Crest Trail Box score Days hikes: 8 Days left on first segment: 7 Miles hiked: 131 Avg. Per day. 16.4 Percent of journey...
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Jul 30, 20112 min read
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PCT day 4: Downer
PCT Box Score Date: Monday, July 25 Location: Griffin Pass, south of Mt. Mcgloughlin Elev.: 5800 ft. Weather: Sunny high 80 Days on...
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Jul 25, 20112 min read
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PCT Day 3: long way to water
Today’s PCT Box Score Date: Location: Elev.: Weather: 85 sunny Days on trail: 3 Days left to Elk Lake (end of Phase 1): 13 Miles...
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Jul 25, 20111 min read
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PCT Day 3 (Abbrev.)
Just arrived at first water source in 12 miles. 22-mile day. Way more than we planned but couldn’t find a spring the PCT guide said was...
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Jul 24, 20111 min read
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Day 2: Heaven to I-5
Today’s PCT Box Score Date: Sat. July 23 Location: Callahan’s Lodge, Siskiyou Summit Elev.: 3,970 ft. Weather: Sunny. 85. Days on...
bobwelch23
Jul 23, 20112 min read
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Day 1: The journey has begun
Today’s PCT Box Score Date: July 22 Location: 12 miles north of Cal-Ore border, near Mt Ashland. Elev.: 5,883 ft. Weather: Sunny 75 ...
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Jul 22, 20112 min read
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One last sail before I go
Went for a final sail Tuesday on Fern Ridge before turning full attention to the trail. #PCT
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Jul 21, 20111 min read
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Hearing the waterfall
After a year of preparation, my brother-in-law and I leave at daybreak Friday for the Oregon-California border and the start of our...
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Jul 21, 20114 min read
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Hiking the Oregon PTC
My hiking partner (and bros.-in-law) Glenn Petersen on PCT primer last summer near Mt. Washington #PCT
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Jul 18, 20111 min read
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Why?
In 1999, after an easy hike to the top of Little Belknap Crater, I met a young woman named Laura Buhl who was hiking the entire 2,650...
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Jul 17, 20111 min read
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A long day of packing
Saturday, July 16, Sally and I created 16 one-gallon zip-lock bags, one for each day of the first two weeks of the hike, Cal-Ore border...
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Jul 17, 20111 min read
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A year of training
I’ve been training for a year, intensely since late January: p90x for three months, then lots of hiking, Eugene Marathon and stadium...
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Jul 17, 20111 min read
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Deciding to hike the Oregon PCT
After a year of planning, training and learning what to pack and what not to pack — bring single-blade Swiss army knife, leave the 10...
bobwelch23
Jul 17, 20111 min read
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