Oh Brothers, where art thou

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 17:08:55 +0000

Last weekend, we backpacked in the Olympics and climbed the brothers. The route itself is straightforward up to Lena lakes (where almost everyone at the trailhead was headed to). Once you cross over to the other side of the lake, it got a bit more interesting. There were lots of blowdowns and the trail meandered through and around a dry creek bed. We all got lots of practice at tree-whacking.

A crew had come through within the past few weeks, and it made a huge difference for the trail. Including lots of flagging tape which kind of took the fun out things, but it made for much faster travel, at least. We were worried for a bit that there wouldn’t be any water after the lake since everything looked _really_ dry. However, the moment we stopped to talk about it, a hiker came by and confirmed there was water galore ahead. We stopped at the climber’s camp for the night and got started the next day around ~5am.

Larch Madness

Mon, 27 Dec 2021 18:07:03 +0000

This October, I went with my friend Erica and we set off for the Enchantments thru-hike. It appears every time I get amnesia about the hike because there are some very key details I always forget

LARCH larch larch larch larch larch larch
No but seriously HOW AMAZING is this place
I should get a core permit (aside to the audience, I’ve stopped even bothering to apply for the lottery)
WHY IS THERE SO MUCH DOWNHILL

My knee is not what it used to be and 8,500 feet of descent is a major suck. Worth it? Well take a look for yourself and see.

Hiking on sugar, spice, &terminal? nice

Oh Brothers, where art thou

Larch Madness