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Day 165-170

Day 165-170: September 14-19th Mile 2476 (Stevens Pass) to Mile 2599.6 (Rainy Pass) Tortuga’s wife drove me back to Stevens Pass along with hikers Tortuga, Princess, Mr. Sandals, Firecracker, and Tidy Camper and we were off to hike the Glacier Peak section of the Pacific Crest Trail. Another hiker described this as the final examContinue reading “Day 165-170”

Note to readers

I probably will not have cell coverage for the final 10 days of hiking so don’t expect blog updates during that time. I will send Twitter updates to: http://www.twitter.com/loncooper

Day 163-164

Day 163-164: September 12-13th Mile 2463.8 to Mile 2476 (Stevens Pass) Just a short hike on the Pacific Crest Trail today to Stevens Pass where I met Deb. I will zero in Skykomish tomorrow, resupply, and then I will continue the final 193 miles to Manning Park, British Columbia on Sunday. If the weather remainsContinue reading “Day 163-164”

Day 162

Day 162: September 11th Mile 2444.1 to Mile 2463.8 I was surprised to find frost covered ground this morning when I woke up. It made a crunching sound with each step for several miles as I walked the Pacific Crest Trail. Today was another day of big climbs, almost 6,000 feet. I decided to stopContinue reading “Day 162”

Day 161

Day 161: September 10th Mile 2418.6 to Mile 2444.1 Funny how Pacific Crest Trail hikers can get spread out. In two days of hiking I have only seen two northbound section hikers. Starting to feel a little lonely out here. I met a southbound section hiker this afternoon and he tells me that I’m theContinue reading “Day 161”

Day 160

Day 160: September 9th Mile 2402 (Snoqualmie Pass) to Mile 2418.6 The Summit Inn was full of hikers, probably 25 or 30 staying at the Inn and a bunch more just having meals at the Pancake House next door. Not sure where they all came from, but there are a lot of hikers on thisContinue reading “Day 160”