Bushcamp to Bushcamp
35 miles
Mile 1874.2
I woke up to a surprisingly chilly morning. After packing up, I set out behind Spikes onto the trail barely visible in the predawn half-light.
Shortly after starting we passed Airborne as he was finishing up breaking down his camp. A few minutes later he’d caught up and we continued on together.
We hiked through a barren forest of lodgepole pines referred to as the Oregon Desert, because water is rather scarce.
Around 8 we reached a massive water cache, where we took a short snack break as we topped off our bottles.
Continuing on, we began our ascent of Mount Thielsen. We took a short break at the saddle with a couple from Florida before heading back down to the creek below.
For lunch, Airborne made a mayonnaise sandwich…
The afternoon flew by as I hiked alone for the final 10 miles through a green tunnel forest.
I reached camp around 5:30, just after Spikes, and just before Airborne. We spent the next hour in conversation as we munched down on dinner, before crashing around 7.
Cheers!