c) Andrew Carter, 2021
Here are photos from the last month of my PCT hike — July 9th to August 1st. After my July 4th break, I got back on the trail near Etna, CA, which is west of Yreka. I then hiked to Santiam Pass, OR, which is west of Bend. That’s 400 trail miles. I now have 1450 miles under my belt since I began my PCT flip-flop on April 3rd.
I plan to return to the trail next week. I hope to close the gap between my first two flip-flop segments. Segment 1 southbound = Walker Pass, east of Bakersfield, to Campo at the Mexican border. Segment 2 northbound = Sierra City, north of Donner Pass, to Santiam Pass. In Segment 3, I will hike southbound from Sierra City to Walker Pass. That’s 550 trail miles. I should finish in late September.
That will conclude my hiking for 2021. If successful, I will have hiked 2000 miles this year. I hope to hike the remaining 650 miles of the PCT northbound from Santiam Pass to the Canadian border next year.
The wild card in my plan for the remainder of this year is wild fire. Currently, the entire Sierra City to Walker Pass section is open for hiking. But part of it was closed just a week ago because of the Tamarack Fire south of Lake Tahoe. That fire is 80% contained, so hopefully the trail won’t close again because of it. But there’s no telling what new fires will take place between now and the end of September, where those fires will be, and whether they will impact the PCT.
Now the photos …
No, I didn’t carve this.
just south of the Oregon border.
left the chair for hikers to use.
in the early morning.
portions of its branches.
She was called Christy as a child.
from the same set of roots
the trail in Nor Cal and Oregon.
car window sun deflector.
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