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PCT Day 93, 13 August 2022 (Saturday)

“30 Something”

Start Location:	Wilderness Campsite South of Chinook Pass	Destination:	Wilderness Campsite
PCT Miles Day 93:	30.3	Cum PCT Miles:	1,707.7
Non-PCT Miles Day 93:	0.5	Cum All Miles:	1811.9
PCT Miles Remaining:	945.1
Elevation Gain Day 93:	4,160	Cum Elevation Gain:	293,079

 
With how difficult Washington is, I wasn’t sure I’d be able to do a 30 mile day here. But I did today. However, I would have preferred to do a bit less than 30 and find a good tent site earlier.  So, obviously, finding a tentsite was hard; this is getting beyond ridiculous.  I, and at least a half a dozen other hikers, ended up camping just off a four-wheel-drive road.  It’s not ideal when you set up your tent next to empty bullet shells and broken glass.

So far, there have been three types of weather in Washington: cold and damp, warm and damp, and hot and damp.  I don’t think I, my equipment, or my clothes have been completely dry the entire time in Washington.   It was the first day in a long time that it never really even got warm.

Part of the day was spent walking through a fairly large burn area.  But this one didn’t seem quite as severe as the burn areas in California.  Probably that was because this fire took place, I believe, at least a couple decades ago.

It’s hard to say the day was easy when there was over 4K feet of elevation gain, but by PCT in Washington standards, it was a cruisy day.  Another reason why 30 something miles was possible today.

A very interesting view of Mt. Rainier as the heavy morning fog burns off 

Something happened to my cell phone camera and it won’t stop taking pictures of Mt. Rainier

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