[pct-l] Mt Hood to Eagle Creek Hike (with pics)

[Steel-Eye]

Good morning, Terry,

Ghosts or real, I think the proverbial decks are awash with that type of 
hiker near trailheads, particularly where there is also a drive-up local 
attraction like Timberline, Crater Lake, or the lava fields on McKenzie 
Pass.  Westbound from Timberline, I have seen day hikers get uneasy as they 
pass out of sight of the second ski lift, and become visibility apprehensive 
at passing the registration box to enter the Wilderness Area.

Since you are on this list I assume you are some kind of lunatic-fringe 
hiker like the rest of us, and you already know that the annual meeting of 
ALDHA-West is being held in our backyard this year.  It's a good chance to 
meet a bunch of other hikers, none of whom seem to have bear-bells. 
http://www.aldhawest.org/

Steel-Eye

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Terry Griffin" <griffint at pobox.com>
To: "pct" <pct-l at mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 11:26 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Mt Hood to Eagle Creek Hike (with pics)


> On Friday 07 July 2006 3:40 am, Steel-Eye wrote:
>> [snip]
>>
>> On the 4th I did a training hike on the PCT totaling something over 22
>> miles out-and-back, and mid-PM I was returning east toward Timberline
>> crossing snowpack very similar to Deems' photo.  The PCT was easy enough
>> to
>> piece together, but many of the local trails around the lodge, and their
>> signs, were buried.  Almost within sight of the ski lifts I met a couple
>> of
>> tourist hikers, and greeted them.
>>
>> Me:  "So, you're off on a big hike today?"
>>
>> He:  "We sure are.  Say, can you tell me where this trail goes?"
>>
>> Me:  "If you keep going this direction you'll get to Canada, and if you
>> turn around and go the other way you will get to Mexico."
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>
> Spooky. I was hiking the same spot on the 3rd and had a nearly identical
> conversation with a tourist couple. Ghosts perhaps? Stuck for an eternity
> on a small section of the PCT near Timberline, not knowing where the trail
> goes.
>
> Terry
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