Today I finally entered a new state. The day did prove more taxing than expected though.
View from my camp in the morning, I was last to arrive and first to leave
I started as usual around 6 and immediately started climbing. The climbing was pretty easy in the cool morning temperatures. After the initial climb there was some up and down until the trail descended just before the Oregon border.
I spent quite some time walking through a recently burned areaI came upon some big open areas where Mount Shasta was visible
On the way down I stopped for lunch and refilled water. I was not consuming a lot of water because it was very cool.
Shortly before the Oregon border I passed through a beautiful meadow
I then climbed towards the Oregon border and passed a small hut on the way. Reaching the border was exciting and signs showing less than 1000 miles to the Canadian border were posted.
The Oregon border with signs showing the distance to the Washington and the Canadian borderI obviously had to get a selfie
Entering Oregon I continued climbing and actually there were two rather big climbs remaining before Grouse Gap where I wanted to camp.
A particular beautiful part of the days hiking in Oregon. There seems to be a lot of green now
The climbs and descents took some time but were not too taxing.
Arriving at the shelter I met some trail maintainers who offered me dinner which I accepted. I joined them and we talked a bit about the trail.
I setup camp inside the shelter.
Most of the day I had views of Mount Shasta from different angles. I am now more or less North of it.
Tomorrow I plan to start at my usual time as I only have 11 miles to the road to Ashland.
My name is Martin Caspersen, I live in the very flat scandinavian country of Denmark. Most of my life I have lived just north of the capital (Copenhagen), I have however lived a short while in Brisbane, Australia.
I have a big love for being outdoors. In my day-to-day life most of my time outdoors is spent running where I generally try and push for distance over speed. When I get a chance what I really like to do is to go hiking. In particular I like hiking in mountainous and generally strenous terrain. Until 2018 my hiking experience waslimited to somewhat shorter trips with the highlights being a 4-day hike in New Zealand and a thru-hike of the GR20 on Corsica.
In 2018 that changed as I thru-hiked the PCT, the Pacific Crest Trail, in the US. I have dreamed about thru-hiking the PCT ever since I first heard about it in 2011. The thru-hike was an amazing experience.
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