Miles today: 19.5
Trail miles sum: 1732.1
Trail location: 2413.4
Elevation: 3247
Spinning on the turntable: Sakis Rouvas: Parafora
We started the day with a nice little six mile uphill slog.

Noelle on the Kendall Catwalk hike
We hiked the Kendall cat walk together. VFat had strongly recommended this section so Noelle made the long trek “up”.

Cone shaped mountain
It’s nice to pop out of the trees now and then and see the sights.

Horseriders dismount
The sign for horse riders caught my attention. Rough trail ahead!

Little pika
The Pika’s are everywhere. I’m thinking of them as mice with big ears. They are cute and make a loud squeaking noise.

Lunchtime view
Noelle headed back towards the van and I continued north.

North Cascades
I came staggering up a hill and literally ran into a group of senior citizen backpackers. Sigh. They looked so fresh.

Loose rock trail
The loose rock on the trail made for a very long day (and horrible daily miles!). At one point two fighter jets came ripping through the valley. One jet was turned sideways as it banked up to pass through the valley. It began and was over with a few seconds.

Not gravel, but stones
I had planned on 25 miles today but the terrain had other ideas. Even the Germans agreed that this portion of the trail sucks!

Waterfall crossing
I threw in the towel around 6:30 and made camp. Around 8PM a helicopter began circling the valley I’m in and spotlighting hikers on the trail. I can only assume that someone had pulled the trigger on their emergency beacon.
The helicopter comes and goes over the next hour. I recognize that I can’t do anything by laying awake and listening to the helicopter so I put in my ear plugs to go to sleep. Hopefully no one is hurt.
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