Afternoon Run

Night Elfin with Turbo!! 🎉

Long way down

Sea to summit tempo

Actual was 27 painful Km due to macerated feet, until my exit on a private mining road in the middle of nowhere. A spot along the way called Fording River Pass managed to pierce through my pain cave mode and was definitely beautiful & appreciated. Took few pics as I was saving phone battery for my solo time sitting alone on the mining road & waiting for a hitchhike to civilization, while Nicola and Joanna continued on, hiking north. Unfortunately this road was way less popular than I hoped for, and not exactly where I thought I’d be. I thought I was going to be on Elk River FSR, but this was actually a lesser-used road on the other side of the Elk River, mostly used to access the Greenhills Mine quite a bit south of me. There was actually a bridge across the Elk River 5k north to the more popular Elk River FSR, but I couldn’t walk. Before they left me, we heard some motorized vehicles in the distance and I was hopeful, so I asked what that was. Joanna told me those are people playing, and that they’ll for sure get me when they’re done. Not exactly— I found out later that this was mining activity somewhere. I was in bad shape, unable to walk, and feeling very uncomfortable on my own in the bush at this point. I also was told that i was 20k up the road but it was actually 40k. Luckily, I found out that I had cell phone reception, which was a huge relief — I was able to call Julien and start planning an exit with his help. Also super lucky— as Joanna and Nicola walked away they discovered a man camping for the whole summer near me, and they said he’d give me a ride in the evening if I was desperate. I hobbled over to him 30 mins later and luckily he was not a creep, as I was desperate AF, injured and hella sleep deprived and with no good options. He gave me a ride out on ATV (bless him!!) as he felt bad for me being left there. We crushed 3 beers on the side by side as we drove south to Elkford, to civilization and safety. Saw no one else the whole time. It was a wild 305k on GDT this year. Definitely will be back to see the rest of the trail, and indulge in all the national parks sections I didn't get to!

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Afternoon Run

Night Elfin with Turbo!! 🎉

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Long way down

Sea to summit tempo

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