Day 95 near Lake Buck

Day 95 Buck lake
23.65 miles
From Trail Camp (Mile 1259.2, High 5216)
To draw the camp on the crest on Bethden (Mile 1282, UND 6193)
Climbing 4043
Descend 3032
Tents 0 (nobody else camped near me)

Walking through more land with fire scars today and getting a little closer to Lassen. He had been running to meet with friends in Lassen in a few days. A problem with spending months on the road is that it loses the notion of the date and day of the week. Today I realized that my friend had not come to Lassen until two days later. Previously, I felt that I almost had to commit suicide to get there, now I realized that I could take it a little easier.

An advantage of this extra time was that he could camp on the crest on Bethden instead of walking towards the city. So I camped in a site that was described as an excellent vision but was also exposed. They were both.

I could see 3000 feet in the valley where the city of Bethden was. I could see through the valley towards Lassen.

But there were no living trees near me and insurance was really at the top of the crest. Someone had previously built a small rock wall to block part of the wind. It worked well until the wind changed direction at night.

View from my camp

My tent

Not only a tree, but two fell along the way

Yum! The tree seems to be eating this old PCT sign.

Burned Fire Area

A different burned fire area that is beginning to recover

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