7/22/15 Day 89 Shoulder on Texas Pass to Falls Creek M1829 10282′
Tent – Nights Spent Alone: 10
28.1, 1651.3 Trip Miles
Mostly Sunny
Day’s of Snow: 8 – Day’s of Rain: 34 – Days of Hail: 16
# of Zero days: 10
Gila Crossings Final Total: 221
Tick Count: 4 (4 more crawling on me)
Wanted List
Mountain Goat
Grizzly Bear
Sasquatch
Black Bear
Bighorn Sheep
Velociraptor
Mountain Lion
Beaver
Unicorn
Wolf
Buffalo
Critter Count
9 Chipmunks
9 Marmots
9 Squirrels
5 Ground Squirrels
1 Deer
Totals
1) 533 Pronghorn*
2) 383 Elk*7
3) 194 Chipmunks *5
4) 166 Deer*2
5) 147 Marmot*4
6) 120 Lizards*6
7) 116 Wild Horses
8) 68 Squirrels *9
9) 52 Pika
10) 51 Ground Squirrels
11) 46 Cotton Tail Rabbits *8
12) 30 Prairie Dogs
13) 22 Horny Toads
14) 17 Jack Rabbit*3
15) 12 Moose
16) 8 Snakes
17) 5 Coyotes
18) 5 Moles
19) 3 Porcupine
20) 2 Fox
21) 2 Rattle Snakes
22) 2 Toads
23) 1 Badger
24) 1 Mouse
25) 1 Skunk
26) 1 Weasel
*184 from car, *2 – 48 from car, *3 – 1 from car, *4 – 2 from car, *5 – 1 off trail, *6 – 1 off trail, *7 – 9 from car, *9 – 1 from car
Another long day but not as hard. I met two hikers last night who were camped with Rafiki, their names were Handy Andy and Twinkle. Today I saw their packs or should I say lack there of. Both have packs smaller than most school children. I spent most of my day figuring out what to get rid of in Pinedale.
I need to get my pack weight down as my back has been hurting at the end of every day. I have two compressed vertebrae from crashing my quad and they get sore. I think I can drop a decent amount in Pinedale, then I’ll switch to the pack I started with, the Gossamer Gear Mariposa. All in all I’m hoping its 4-5 lbs.
My day was visually stunning. The Wind River range is very much like the Sierras.
Scatman
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