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Thank you. Of course hitting the places mentioned in a single hike would be a long trip; we should do it some future autumn.

Thank you. In addition to Quinault, Bending Willow (who I did Grey Wolf Pass with) wants to do a joint trip on Olympic Skyline trail as soon as it re-opens from 2023 fire damage.

Thanks for watching and commenting. We have an itinerary laid out for counter-clockwise on Skyline Trail (Low Divide to Lk Beauty and then back to 3 Prunes) but area is closed due to wild fire damage from last year. We will do it next year if it opens up.

Dogs are allowed in Olympic National Forest, but not in Olympic National Park. 'Bending Willow' claims to have seen a Sasquatch.

Yep, this is a primitive trail. I had plans to go into 2015 Paradise Creek Fire burn zone over this past Labor Day weekend, but work commitments of hiking partner caused cancelation. And burn zone is too remote for my comfort level solo.

@@tailgunnerhikes4703 Oh that's cool! I don't consider myself too much of a real hiker. The most I've done is hike a few miles around state parks on the weekend. But it's cool to watch these kinds of videos, and I hope you and your partner can get out there soon!

Not sure which tree you are referring to. The tree impaled through old road bed most likely just from wind. The log over the river looks that way because it has been cut to make halfway flat/smooth walking tread. But if you want to see a lightning strike tree, go to "Sol Duc, Mistakes were made" video. At 4:14 point, Will and I found a downed tree off trail that was exploded at base and following into forest, found the top burnt. Only the accompanying rain prevented a major forest fire.

@@tailgunnerhikes4703 there was a huge black mark on it, you were examining it.

Notice that the video is muted immediately after, taking out her retort. However, it may remain in the long form.

No, fairly certain it was a national park trail crew.

Thank you for your comment. I’ve heard third hand that NPS will be doing official trail maintenance on Queets River Trail this summer (2024) for first time since 2015 Paradise Creek Fire, although volunteers have done some work recently. As seen, there are several blowdown areas and washouts where hikers have improvised multiple by-pass routes. I thought it unwise to go into fire zone solo but have now found someone crazy enough to go with me. We will be out there in a few weeks as she is working on book on all 33 shelters built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930’s and wants to reach site of Pelton Shelter for documentation even though it burned in the 2015 fire.

I had not noticed. Amazing what you can pick up when you don't talk over half your video. I am guilty of sometimes being oblivious to background scenery or audio when focusing on a subject.

Thanks for watching and the comment. Saturday coming in we had light rain, but Sunday morning when this was filmed was beautiful. Our tent site was just out of view in the woods.

We're usually winded because we are packing a full gear load out and food for 5 days, not a day pack and two candy bars.

Fortunately, I like the Oregon coast anyway and don't mind driving long distances. I had planned to shoot some later video just hanging out in the dunes recreation area but never shot more video before leaving late afternoon.

Thank you for comment. I had planned to go into the 2015 Paradise fire zone as far as Pelton shelter, which burned, last month with someone else but joint trip fell through and that is too remote for me to go solo. No known trail maintenance within fire sone so it would be bush whacking or river travel.

On the project website, NPS is on step 13 of 15 step process. (Step 13. Meet with NHPA Section 106 Consulting Parties *) Unsure what NHPA Section 106 is, but appears to have something to do with National Historic Building status. Spring of 2023 river shifted from west channel to center channel per WTA post. Center channel silted in and river shifted back to west channel, rather than continuing east toward chalet. Once river shifts to east channel, there likely will be more erosion. Of course, the week after I was there we had continuous rain for that week so no idea where river is as of first of October 2023.

Correct. We were focused on getting to Sol Duc Falls first and missed the obvious indications we needed to back track from there to go clockwise. Both me and my son are right hand/eye dominate and going counterclockwise, the High Divide drop offs are on the right side of the trail. My son became uncomfortable so there was no reason to push it. We still had a great 3 days out together. Glad that you enjoyed your adventure.

Thank you. My son and I were out for 3 days and I will be uploading a longer video later this week.

Yes, it was. I walked in carrying bear spray as my son saw one earlier but left mosquito repellant back at camp site.