Day 18 – Mt Emily

September 2 – Trail of the blue mountainsNe oregon

# BMT through those seen to date: 0

# of mosquitoes seen so far: 0

Crystal bear

Today the second half of my BMT adventure began (not counting my brief walk to Owsley Th yesterday). After a good weekend in Big, I didn’t feel so excited to be back on the road, especially with a record heat forecast. I have read in other blogs of the hikers that this is a common reaction after taking a break. Once you stop, it is difficult to go up again to the rhythm. All you should do is start walking.

The only other mammals here today were this bear and some deer.

Mary dropped me on the Owsley path in the MT Emil (Mera) recreation area before returning to NM. My route would be to win a good elevation today, starting with approximately 3k feet of gain on these mountain bicycle paths. I was not too worried about seeing mountain cyclists because it was early and it was also Tuesday after Labor Day. I thought it would be calm. So did a bear, whose fresh impressions along the path must have been this morning.

Once I left Mera and arrived at dirt roads, I arrived at Crystal Spring. He was doubly welcome for his cold water and for what he meant that he was close to Mt Emily’s top. He was warming up and cold water was wonderful. He knew that the rest of the day would be along the crest, mostly exposed without water. So I took the time to taste the moment.

Looking back towards Mt Emily’s great.

Late

Next to a preparation of beer during the weekend, my friend Darilyn complained that she could not be a path of path for me. So we made plans for her to meet with me along the summit road beyond Mt Emily with Water & Gatorade. I adjusted our meeting time, but today I had a cell signal to contact it, and fortunately its schedule was flexible. I reached our meeting point a little before her.

While I packed this morning, I realized that I still had 2 GATORADES in the refrigerator. Then I drank them. The first thing Darilyn did was give me a third Gatorade of the day. Then we look more closely at my mileage and water needs, and she offered to store 2 gallons of water above the road. Then she went to do that and kept walking on the edge.

After dropping his two caches of water, Darilyn returned and I had my fourth Gatorade of the day. A new personal album! I had taken photos of where the water had stored in cache and assured me that the caches would be easy to detect. But as the afternoon intensified and the heat intensified, I began to get nervous and think about the worst scenarios. Then, indeed, I saw here the first place of cache. A gallon of water is a lot. I drank as much as I needed and filled my water bottles with the rest.

There was not much traffic here, but I wasn’t totally deserted either. A boy (Leyton?) Who worked for the Department of Forestry of Oregon stopped and said: «Are you walking on the BMT?» I put on the floor. He was the first person with whom he had found me on the path that I had even heard of the BMT. We had a good talk and he offered me water, but thanks to Darilyn he was ready.

The road while crossing a great chair.

Large assembly chair

I was approaching the great chair, where the crest is as wide as the road. It seemed that there could be a beautiful shoulder crest to camp just passing, and there was. I had water for dinner and breakfast, and was not far from the second Darilyn water cache that would get in the morning. My camp had a beautiful view looking down at the big Ronde Valley and Summerville, and I heard an Alce bugling when the sun set.

Elevation tracker

Day 17: 5,571 ‘

Total: 47,066 ‘

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