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HOAX DENIER
So, I knock off work yesterday early to go trail running with a friend.
We head up to a place called Bear Creek. Its very cool trail that has a snow fed stream about 15-20 feet wide and 2-5 feet deep. On our way in to the trail we see a full grown bear hanging out.
Normally we all bring a small backpack with 2 ltr of water, protein bars, small first aid kit, handheld FRS/GSMR (I use a dual band ham), wind breaker and light goretx pants. Today we only had single water bottles, the clothes on our backs and a bic lighter.
We usually do about a 10 mile run in and out.
We were making a good clip and we had heard that the entire run through the trail was about 3.5 hours (with lower water level but we failed to think about that). We figured that we were half way or so we decided to make a hard run for the remainder of the trail. Did I mention that the last part hasn't been open for about 10 years? Or that half of the trail is in water! Or that it was WAY over grown?
Well went it finally went pitch dark on us we decided to find a decent place to build a fire and settle in for the night.
It was a long and cold night - at least the half that was on the 'dark' side of the fire! The front was blazing! My friend couldn't sleep 'cause he thought that a bear would get us, after all, we were in bear creek and we've already seen a bear!
Long story short, the trail had 3,000 ft of elevation gain and was 17.9 miles which we did probably 15 of before we got stopped by the lack of light.
This morning we left at the crack of dawn and just got back.
Needless to say, it was an adventure!!!
The bear (between the trees)
Typical trail...
Fire Started Quickly
One of the two things that kept my buddy up!
One very old fish!!!
We head up to a place called Bear Creek. Its very cool trail that has a snow fed stream about 15-20 feet wide and 2-5 feet deep. On our way in to the trail we see a full grown bear hanging out.
Normally we all bring a small backpack with 2 ltr of water, protein bars, small first aid kit, handheld FRS/GSMR (I use a dual band ham), wind breaker and light goretx pants. Today we only had single water bottles, the clothes on our backs and a bic lighter.
We usually do about a 10 mile run in and out.
We were making a good clip and we had heard that the entire run through the trail was about 3.5 hours (with lower water level but we failed to think about that). We figured that we were half way or so we decided to make a hard run for the remainder of the trail. Did I mention that the last part hasn't been open for about 10 years? Or that half of the trail is in water! Or that it was WAY over grown?
Well went it finally went pitch dark on us we decided to find a decent place to build a fire and settle in for the night.
It was a long and cold night - at least the half that was on the 'dark' side of the fire! The front was blazing! My friend couldn't sleep 'cause he thought that a bear would get us, after all, we were in bear creek and we've already seen a bear!
Long story short, the trail had 3,000 ft of elevation gain and was 17.9 miles which we did probably 15 of before we got stopped by the lack of light.
This morning we left at the crack of dawn and just got back.
Needless to say, it was an adventure!!!
The bear (between the trees)
Typical trail...
Fire Started Quickly
One of the two things that kept my buddy up!
One very old fish!!!
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