Entering the fire zone – the walk

It is difficult not to capture the urgency of other hikers.

For them, California is almost finished and are eager to reach Oregon, which promises much softer terrain and easier replenishment options.

I also have this sense of urgency to end in Canada with enough time to turn and have a relatively pleasant experience in the mountains.

There are rumors of a large group of PCT hikers approximately one week behind me. They call this the «bubble.» The 60 tents images released in the hiker area in Tuolumne are terrifying. At this time, it is quite easy to find a place to camp. I never had to change my plans at the last minute because the camp I had established, since my goal was not available. So, I prefer not to reach that point. If the bubble reaches me, do I get out for a week and return to that section? Or, deliberately and let me overcome me, stopping before what I would normally do to claim a camp?

Today a herd of hikers entered the bus. The last section skipped because they were nervous about fire conditions. Here they are in Seiad! They jumped forward! ACK

Senderos update

The Route of Etna A Seiad was relatively short, but not without its share of emotion. This section was reopened after a fire had arrived (Summit Fire) and there had been no recent reports of trail conditions, including water availability. We knew that we should not camp in the 12 mile stretch that had previously been closed. That meant that the first day it had to be at least 24 miles to cross the closed area. I started early that day and even before the closed area we had to go through several miles of previously burned trees. Initially, there was some review to navigate, but they were not bad at all, and after that, it was actually quite beautiful. There was still some residual snow in the marble mountains and in a section, waterfall from above to the path, such as walking through a shower.

Small lakes full of salamanders dotted with the landscape. At about 8 miles from the burning zone I met the burned area. I thought there would be tons of smoke, but it was minimal and the most surprising was the aroma acquired of coal and the snack of ashes at my feet with each step. I met two fire groups, walking through the area and finishing any cleaning that had to do. I arrived at the camp, completely exhausted.

The next day it should have been easier, right? But it was the worst blow section that I have found so far. When a tree falls down the path, its options are to go under it, on it or around it. Some of these magazines were so high that a gymnastics feat required to avoid them. How to intensify a record and then walk through it as a ray of balance, followed by inejected disassembly.

Fortunately, I met the stumbling blocks and the bright worm and helped me. They have a YouTube channel https://youtube.com/@65andalive?si=ub0ixzfksstdev0k.
Towards the end we have a special gift! Thimbleberries and Moras. He raised our mood.

Now, for the next section, the last section in California!

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