More Photos — Etna, CA to Santiam Pass, OR

c) Andrew Carter, 2021

Signs, flowers, dead trees, the trail itself, and more.

I’m trying to
Door to old ranger cabin
Grouse on tree stump
I hope that doesn’t fall
I wish we could
Statue in Ashland
Another statue in Ashland
Walkway over wet area
I didn’t see any llamas
Looks like an animal to me
Growth on dead tree
Three trees from
one set of roots
Burn zone
New growth in a burn zone
No mushroom picking?
Tuning fork?
Waterfall
Blowdown
Old lava flow
Dead tree in old lava flow
Constructed trail through an old lave flow
Me on break

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Andrew Carter

I just completed a multi-year thru hike (MYTH) of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). It took three years. I hiked 1840 miles in 2021, 733 miles in 2022, and 122 miles in 2023. The only reason I had to hike in 2023 was a wildfire closure at the north end of the PCT in 2022. During the past two years, I've also thru hiked other, shorter US trails. I hiked the Benton MacKaye Trail (GA, NC, TN) and the Tuscarora Trail (VA, WV, MD, PA) in 2022 plus the Ozark Highlands Trail (AR) in 2023. I hope to hike the Long Trail (VT) next year and the Colorado Trail at some point in the future. Please note, all content on this site is copyright.

3 thoughts on “More Photos — Etna, CA to Santiam Pass, OR”

  1. Andy, if you ever have a chance to see a documentary called “Fantastic Fungi,” see it. Maybe the no mushroom picking is explained there. It turns out trees “talk” to one another using the fibrous(sp?) network created under the ground by the fungi, and of course the “fruit” of the fungi are the mushrooms. I’ve been reading about this in a NY Times magazine article this past spring also. Evidently a dying tree will “give” some of its nutrients to younger trees nearby through this network. Cool stuff!

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