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I helped build several 7 mile sections of the Pacific Crest trail back in the 70's
We blasted our way thru the mountains and I operated a 2 ft wide backhoe called the "Morrison Trail Blazer" to make trail
One of the hardest we did went past Fish lake Resort across lava flows, went thru tons of powder
The one I'll never forget was the Windago Pass PCT, started low and built trail to higher elevation until we ran into patches of snow melting
Apparently mosquitos can breed in wet leaves or something, we had never seen anything like that in all our years of the PCT, it was insane!
They went right thru Deep Woods off and anything else we tried, finally we built a smokey fire and we just sat in the smoke to get some relief before we started killing each other with Chain Saws & Axes
Never seen anything like it and I grew up in the UP of Michigan
Head netting helped but they'd go right thru clothing, you could swat your thigh and kill 20 of them.
Be prepared, start out hydraded to fill yourself up with extra blood as you may be the only food they've seen in months!
We blasted our way thru the mountains and I operated a 2 ft wide backhoe called the "Morrison Trail Blazer" to make trail
One of the hardest we did went past Fish lake Resort across lava flows, went thru tons of powder
The one I'll never forget was the Windago Pass PCT, started low and built trail to higher elevation until we ran into patches of snow melting
Apparently mosquitos can breed in wet leaves or something, we had never seen anything like that in all our years of the PCT, it was insane!
They went right thru Deep Woods off and anything else we tried, finally we built a smokey fire and we just sat in the smoke to get some relief before we started killing each other with Chain Saws & Axes
Never seen anything like it and I grew up in the UP of Michigan
Head netting helped but they'd go right thru clothing, you could swat your thigh and kill 20 of them.
Be prepared, start out hydraded to fill yourself up with extra blood as you may be the only food they've seen in months!