Wednesday, July 31, 2019

PCT Day 82 - Mt Thielson

We made excellent time today- the terrain was mostly flat and boring. The trail was loose dirt all day so our feet were filthy dirty. Our shoes are super breathable, but the downside is dirt can easily enter.

We made 11.3 miles by 10 am and had our eyes set on Mt Thielson creek for lunch- our first water source of the day. It was 17 miles in, I hoped we could make it. And we did. 

We arrived at the “glacier fed” stream by 12:20pm. It is by far my fav water source on trail yet. The scene was picture perfect and the stream ice cold. We washed our legs and feet and they quickly went numb. It felt glorious, and tasted like heaven, so pure.

We passed by Mt Thielson and crossed over lots of snow fields. After lunch we climbed to the highest point on the PCT in OR and WA. Shortly after we found the perfect campsite- it was on a ledge that gave grand views of both sunrise and sunset.
Gord, Alex and Johnny joined us for camping- a dad and lads from Canada that we’ve been hiking with for the last several days













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