July 12:Ridge-Walking

I, Jess, expected today to be another hellish day of bushwacking, but it turned out to not be nearly as bad. After a few spots in the morning, we emerged onto a ridge and stayed on a ridge for basically the rest of the day. The trail was actually more enjoyable today, although we did have a lot of poison oak to maneuver around.

We had some good views of Mt. Shasta today, but there are some fires in the area that kept it in a slight haze, making pictures hard to take.

Toward the end of the afternoon we hit a rather large river where we took a break and cooled off. Some of us just washed our legs and feet off in the river, while a few others actually jumped in and swam in the frigid waters.

It was just a few more miles and a thousand feet up where we camped on an abandoned and overgrown road. There wasn't much space, and we managed to jam 4 tents in a very confined area. Unfortunately it turned out to be a horribly warm night and we didn't sleep all too well in our 15 degree bags, but we were happy to be one day closer to Dunsmuir and the end of this section of trail.

Total Miles:1481.6
Miles Today:28.6
Camp 76:Abandoned Road

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