

PCT Day 11 Photos
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bobwelch23
Aug 1, 20111 min read
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PCT Day 11
Date: Aug. 1 Location: Tolo Springs, 16 miles north of Mt. Thielsen. Days hiked: 11 Days left on first segment: 4 Miles hiked: 176 ...
bobwelch23
Aug 1, 20111 min read
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PTC Day 10
Date: July 31 Location: north base of Mt Thielsen Days hiked: 10 Days left on first segment: 5 Miles hiked: 160 Avg. Per day. 16.0 ...
bobwelch23
Jul 31, 20112 min read
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PCT Day 9: Crater Lake
Pacific Crest Trail Box score Days hikes: 8 Days left on first segment: 7 Miles hiked: 131 Avg. Per day. 16.4 Percent of journey...
bobwelch23
Jul 30, 20112 min read
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PCT day 4: Downer
PCT Box Score Date: Monday, July 25 Location: Griffin Pass, south of Mt. Mcgloughlin Elev.: 5800 ft. Weather: Sunny high 80 Days on...
bobwelch23
Jul 25, 20112 min read
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PCT Day 3: long way to water
Today’s PCT Box Score Date: Location: Elev.: Weather: 85 sunny Days on trail: 3 Days left to Elk Lake (end of Phase 1): 13 Miles...
bobwelch23
Jul 25, 20111 min read
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PCT Day 3 (Abbrev.)
Just arrived at first water source in 12 miles. 22-mile day. Way more than we planned but couldn’t find a spring the PCT guide said was...
bobwelch23
Jul 24, 20111 min read
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Day 2: Heaven to I-5
Today’s PCT Box Score Date: Sat. July 23 Location: Callahan’s Lodge, Siskiyou Summit Elev.: 3,970 ft. Weather: Sunny. 85. Days on...
bobwelch23
Jul 23, 20112 min read
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Day 1: The journey has begun
Today’s PCT Box Score Date: July 22 Location: 12 miles north of Cal-Ore border, near Mt Ashland. Elev.: 5,883 ft. Weather: Sunny 75 ...
bobwelch23
Jul 22, 20112 min read
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One last sail before I go
Went for a final sail Tuesday on Fern Ridge before turning full attention to the trail. #PCT
bobwelch23
Jul 21, 20111 min read
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Hearing the waterfall
After a year of preparation, my brother-in-law and I leave at daybreak Friday for the Oregon-California border and the start of our...
bobwelch23
Jul 21, 20114 min read
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Hiking the Oregon PTC
My hiking partner (and bros.-in-law) Glenn Petersen on PCT primer last summer near Mt. Washington #PCT
bobwelch23
Jul 18, 20111 min read
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Why?
In 1999, after an easy hike to the top of Little Belknap Crater, I met a young woman named Laura Buhl who was hiking the entire 2,650...
bobwelch23
Jul 17, 20111 min read
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A long day of packing
Saturday, July 16, Sally and I created 16 one-gallon zip-lock bags, one for each day of the first two weeks of the hike, Cal-Ore border...
bobwelch23
Jul 17, 20111 min read
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A year of training
I’ve been training for a year, intensely since late January: p90x for three months, then lots of hiking, Eugene Marathon and stadium...
bobwelch23
Jul 17, 20111 min read
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Deciding to hike the Oregon PCT
After a year of planning, training and learning what to pack and what not to pack — bring single-blade Swiss army knife, leave the 10...
bobwelch23
Jul 17, 20111 min read
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My Top 10 favorite books on writing
As the summer deepens and I start planning our Fall Beachside on the McKenzie Writers Workshop, I’m thumbing through my favorite books on...
bobwelch23
Jul 6, 20112 min read
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Why we write
AS I PREPARE for the Feb. 25-27 Beachside Writers Workshop in Yachats, the question comes up as it certainly will that weekend. Why...
bobwelch23
Jan 31, 20113 min read
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The great leaf war
Note: I’m snowed so until the end of the year I’m running some stories from long ago. This column ran 10 years ago, Nov. 3, 2000, in The...
bobwelch23
Nov 19, 20103 min read
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My favorite columnists/essayists
WALDPORT — Amid 50 mph winds, sideways hail and all sorts of other fun weather, I spoke here Saturday. My book, “American Nightingale”...
bobwelch23
Oct 25, 20103 min read
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