Miller Lake Trail Junction

Dave called in around 4:00 this afternoon. He was rather down today. His pack is weighing him down. He can't seem to find a pack that is comfortable for him. He had another 5 miles to walk before he would take the pack off for the night.

His Spot came in tonight at 7:21. Dave is camping at PCT mile 1871 at Miller Lake Trail Junction. See PCT Half Mile map Oregon section D, page 4.

http://www.pctmap.net/download/p/mapdl.html

You can check out his Spot at google maps:

http://www.findmespot.com/mylocation/?id=3GAC7/43.24199/\-121.99394

Dave had pretty poor reception today when trying to call me today. Our connection was cut off twice... and then nothing for a while. He decided to hike to the highest point of the Oregon-Washington portion of the Pct. ORWAHigh Point is at PCT mile 1866 at 8560 feet. Finally we had good reception.

We were able to discuss the next shipments of resupplies. Since Dave is moving much faster, I've had to rearrange the shipping schedule. When trying to ship maps to Crescent lake I had an issue. UPS couldn't locate the address in their system. I tried the post office, but they too were unable to ship the maps. I called the Crescent Lake Resort and they told me that their post office had burnt down and they now had a new zip code. I drove to the UPS store to ship the maps, they were closed. Dave is planning on being there to pick up the maps Monday morning. I called the location again and got their fax number. Instead of shipping, Dave will receive his maps faxed Monday morning.

Zero and Fire Marshall have made it to the North side of Crater Lake. They are at PCT mile 1843. They are about a day behind Dave. Check out their spot on Google Maps:

http://www.teamfarsight.org/

I forgot to mention yesterday Dave's mishap with his sleeping pad. He set his tent up and was in bed about 8:30. At 10:30 he was woken when his pad deflated. He found he had put his tent up on a broken bottle. It punctured both his sleeping pad and his tent. Luckily he carries patches with him and was able to repair both the tent and the pad.

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