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Gadget Girl
City: Hood River
State: OR
Country: USA
Begins: Aug 7, 2010
Direction: Northbound
Daily Summary
Date: Fri, Aug 27th, 2010
Start: Campsite north of Swift Creek
End: Stevens Pass
Daily Distance: 13
Trip Distance: 222.4
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Gadget Girl on the last day
Stevens Pass
I woke up at 12:30am wondering why I was chilled in my sleeping bag. I turned on my headlamp and saw that the top of my sleeping bag was moist. I looked up and watched in astonishment as water dripped in where the tent pole hub pressed against the rain fly. Yes, it was raining pretty hard outside (it rained for 12 hours), but this was a new tent (Big Agnes Fly Creek UL2) and should not be leaking. I started looking around the rest of the tent and sure enough the two outhaul areas were also dripping water against the mesh and was splashing into the tent onto my sleeping bag. I put my bandanna up above to catch that drip and moved things around in the tent so my bag wouldn't get wetter but I was awake most of night trying to decide what to do with a very wet tent and now a wet sleeping bag. We still had one more night to go before Stevens Pass and to top of it all off, it was quite chilly. I checked the temperature and it was 40 degrees in the tent. When it was bright enough to call it morning, Jingle Bell and I reviewed the Atlas and saw that we could actually hike out to Stevens Pass today via Trail 1060 (Surprise Lake). Once we ate breakfast, packed up our wet tents and stuff, and headed down the trail, we were surprised to see snow on the hills/mountains above us. What a shocker! No wonder it was cold!
Mt Adams To Stevens Pass
The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) is a 2,650-mile national scenic trail that runs from Mexico to Canada through California, Oregon and Washington. The PCT traverses 24 national forests, 37 wilderness areas and 7 national parks. The PCT passes through 6 out of 7 of North Americas ecozones. Learn more: www.pcta.org
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