Ole doing America Blog

Km: 25.2 Walking time: 6:42 Jetlag is a good thing in the morning. Woke up at 5am. Need some more time working in the packing routine, didn’t get going before 7am. Walking in the woods today, with some places opening up and offering some views. Lots of beautiful wild flowers. The trail mostly undulating between 1500-1600m elevation. Now camped at 1650. Alone. Realized I might have put the tent in an old burn zone. [Read More]

Maryann and Bob drove me all the way up to Burney Falls. Five hours! They are angels. Then a hot hike for about 15km. Nice slow start. The trail thread is really soft and nice on the feet. From the visitor center at the falls the path meandered gently through the forest. Crossed a hydro power dam at Lake Britton where they were doing refurbishment so I had to be escorted across. [Read More]

Km: 15 Walking time: 4:03 Rattlesnakes: 2 A tearful farewell from the family. Makes you think why I am doing this. Ms M had made a little farewell card too that I am bringing with me, as well as her “Turbo” little furry stuffed animal. The trip to the US was a long one. Then already at the Oslo airport gate there was trouble, apparently an AC sensor was showing an error so we had to wait for the “press the reset button” mechanic. [Read More]

The original plan was to walk a pure PCT Southbound hike. And I have a permit for that starting from the Canadian border June 29th. There is a lot of snow up in Washington and Oregon this year, and as a way to both get a softer and easier start to get my trail legs, and to avoid crowds, I have decided to start in the middle, in Burney Falls in Northern California and hike north. [Read More]