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| no partners | | I haven't been on this particular route to Charlebois before - always going the route from Miners Needle and Whiskey Springs. Daylight prevented me from trying to get a 20-miler in. This was supposed to be the day after a rain storm but it was cloudy and wet all day. I hadn't taken more than a few steps through the low grass before my pants and shoes were soaked. Soaked feet early actually made the day better as I didn't care about puddles or getting wet the rest of the day.
I hiked the loop up Bluff Spring to 104, then over to Terrapin and back to Bluff. Weavers Needle was shrouded in clouds all day.
Water was everywhere. Pools, streams, canyons, small falls, fast, slow. I carried 2L of water and a nalgene of Gatorade. I just about finished the 2L. I love hiking out here and not getting dehydrated or worrying about finding water. The wet supes are the best supes.
Positives: Great loop + finally got a picture of the master map + NO mylar balloons to be found which I seem to find every time I hike Battleship.
Negatives: Trash and trashy people.
The reason for this triplog is because of the trash and sh**ty people along the trail. I have no idea if I stumbled upon someone's cache, but damn they didn't do anything more than leave a bunch of stuff sitting by a tree at a camp site along the trail. No hanging, no hiding, just dump and run. I passed a couple of backpackers who had spent the night somewhere near Charlebois who didn't claim it. You can see from the trash picture that there was probably 2lbs of junk food stuffs. No dinners, just snacks. My thought was they took the dinners and ditched what they didn't feel like carrying.
The sh**ty part. I have no problems pooping along the trail. I pack my iPood, TP, and a ziploc every time I go because sometimes that coffee doesn't kick in until I'm a mile in. I understand and am prepared. Grandpa on this trip was not. As I was coming down Bluff after Terrapin Saddle, I came upon two sons and their mom and dad about 1.4mi from Peralta TH. The son hollered back something and they were all kind of weird as I passed. I didn't think much of it until I passed grandpa's poo 2 feet from the trail with a giant pile of TP sitting next to it. I yelled back at them to pick up their feces and they said they would on their way back - which I didn't think they were the types of people to pack out anything.
I hate people sometimes and yes I know I'm a judgemental hiker, but damn people gotta do better. |
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