{"id":8706,"date":"2026-05-05T08:04:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wandering.earth\/?p=8706"},"modified":"2026-05-05T08:04:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:04:33","slug":"pct-day-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wandering.earth\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/pct-day-23\/","title":{"rendered":"PCT DAY 23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mile 230.2 to 239.9 – 9.5 miles total hiked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The goal for this day was pretty much the same as the day before:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Navigate my way to the destroyed section of Mission Creek. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The day started with not much of a path to follow, so I relied on my downloaded track, information from other hikers, and witts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Even when there was a path to follow it sometimes ended suddenly or turned out to be the wrong trail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eventually, I got to a very long section of the original PCT that still existed, but there were still some occasional trail repairs or detours to get around small areas that were destroyed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But the info and the track I had showed there would be another long affected area that I would have to navigate before I reached my camp for the night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the pictures show, it was quite a sight from above and was any better when I had to descend into the chaos and find my way through it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I actually couldn\u2019t follow the track I had been following two closely this time. Things must\u2019ve changed since it was made since some of the track didn\u2019t line up with the features that were there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I finally left the jumble of rocks, sand, dirt, and various trees in any number of conditions and orientation. I felt relief and satisfaction that I had managed to make my way through this very complicated maze over the last two days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ufffcI ended up camping at Mission Creek campground. At that point it gave me what I needed: A place to sleep, to eat and to get water. The next water source on the trail was 16 miles. Quite the change from the last two days when I had a creek running through my improvised trail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Below you will find screenshots of the map I navigated. The satellite images are from BEFORE the destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BLUE is the original path of the PCT trail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RED is the track of the person who had navigated this area in March and with my primary reference for making it through this area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GREEN it\u2019s the track that I actually took during my hike. I naturally skipped the dead end turn arounds and other false trails he found by trial and error. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, I had my own trial and errors as I made my way through here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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