Adventures Thought Rainy Pass: Embracing the Wilderness

Day 3 of Moment of Maddness, I woke up and did the first thing that came to my head.

Day 4 moment of Maddeness

Jumping with my legs spread apart because I was chaffing so bad.

I don’t remember what days and how far I hiked during some of these videos so I added them here.

Now back to may way down to Rainy Pass.

I only had one litter of water. I cooked some oatmeal and drank a little bit of the water.

I was not too worried about it because there was a river in a mile or so.

When I walked upon the river a guy was resting drying out his tent and bag.

Me being thirsty and not seeing a spot near him to get down I walked to the other side and filtered some water.

I keep moving.

I didn't take too many photos because I got lost in the beauty of the area around me. I just forgot.

There was so much beauty all around me.

I crossed over Cutthroat Pass and had a few more miles until I made it to the campsites at Rainy Pass.

Walking past the parking lot I saw this guy with a machete walking past.

I was a little bit confused but did not think much of it.

I tried to push it a bit farther to a campsite for PCT hikers because I was worried about the other ones reserving a spot.

I started to feel it. I started to chaff a little bit.

Exhausted and passing another campsite I just went for it.

They had a bear canister for you to put your food in.

After, I cooked a little ways away from my campsite.

I decided to store my food in the bear canister and pass out.

Waking up physically and mentally drained.

I knew I needed to keep moving. I packed up and headed back to the trail.

Back on the trail and turning the first bend I saw a black bear on the trail walking towards me.

I stopped!

I said loudly "Hay bear go away bear"

It kept walking towards me. I started walking backward.

It stopped and moved a rock in the ground about the size of two footballs put together with ease.

I thought I upset it and kept walking backward while facing it.

I went around the corner and saw the bear run off into the woods.

It went in the direction of my campsite so I pushed on.

I keep walking to find bear prints on the trail.

I started singing!

Anything that came to mind was what was coming out of my mouth.

I saw some beautiful waterfalls and rivers in this area.

I did not want to stay too long because I thought the bears would not hear me over the sounds of the water.

It was about a mile or 2 when I was not worried about bears anymore and stopped singing.

This lady walked up to me and told me about her encounter with a bear.

She said, " I walked around a corner, and in the bush, there was a bear just inches away from my face."

I told her of my encounter and what I did afterwards and we both went on our merry way.

I didn't see too many more people after her but I did run into another bear.

It was sitting there eating berries off a bush.

I screamed "Hey Bear Go Away Bear"

Nothing.

I did it again "Hey Bear Go Away Bear"

This time it got up and started moving away from me and the trail.

I wanted to push on to make it to the bus that took you to Stehekin.

A little ways before Stehekin I ran into this man.

He ask me “ How is i going”

I told him “I am in pain because I am chaffing and have been so for the past five days.”

He gave me his neosporin and said “ I am almost done with the trail and don’t need it anymore.

Once you get into town find some baby powder to you.”

I thanked him put some one when he left.

It was 4:30pm and the last bus leaves at 5pm to Stehekin.

I would make it with less than half a mile to go.

Then I saw a sign that said PCT pointing back up the way I came.

Worried I missed a turn I ran back up the hill.

At the top, there was someone who told me I could have gone either way so went back the way I came.

Once I saw a building and a road.

I saw a bus driving away.

Thinking if I had not listened to the sign then I would have made the bus and could have got something to help with the chafing.

I found a campsite near the road and chatted with a ranger.

I told him about my bear encounter and he told me " You must have ran into an albino black bear" (because it looked brown)

When the bear moved the rock he thought I ruined its breakfast and it morning.

He said "The bear was probably looking for grub under the rock"

He finished with what he was doing and was on his way.

I set up my tent and went to sleep after I applied some more neosporin.

My moment of maddness for day 5 was seeing the bear and deciding to keep moving.

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