Date: 2012-04-28
From: Mtn. Collins

To: Snake Den Ridge trail
Miles today: 23.9

Puiki haikinimo diena. Tik viena problema ¢ batu vir¡us paply¡o truputi. Prie¡ Tri-Corneri atsisedau gra34ioje vietoje ir su siulu dantims susisiuvau batelius. Dabar smelis ir smulkus akmenukai nebepateks batu vidun. Taip susiremontaves, Tri¢Corneri pasiekiau greiciau negu tikejausi. Taciau tai, ka a¡ cia radau, padare man dideli ispudi. Prie¡ mano akis atsivere tikru tikriausias turgus. Visos imanomos ir dalinai neimanomos vietos nakvynei buvo u34imtos. Pats ¡elteris pilnas iki stogo, o teritorija aplink ¡elteri apstatyta palapinemis. Net ¡alia tualeto kelios palapines stovejo. 12mogeliai matyt nutare geriau me¡la uostyti, negu pamastyti ir rasti geresne vieta nakvynei. Net mi¡ke tarp med34iu suskaiciavau penkis hamakus pari¡tus. U34sipyliau visas talpas vandeniu ir patraukiau toliau. Ties Guyot Spring i¡pyliau ankstesni vandeni ir vel u34sipild34iau talpas dabar jau gard34iausiu, koki tik gali tureti, vandeniu vakarienei ir ryto pusryciams.Vieta nakvynei pasirinkau ne atsitiktine. Gra34i atvira vieta su puikiu vaizdu i sleni, plytinti rytineje kalnu keteros puseje. Prisiminiau, kad, kai dar 2006-ais haikinau pirma karta, ¡ioje vietoje padariau keleta nuotrauku ir cia ne veltui buvo apsistoje pusryciauti viena haikeriu pora. Ai¡ku, a¡ rizikavau. Jeigu parko reind34eriai mane butu pastebeje statant palapine ne tam skirtoje vietoje, buciau gaves geriausiu atveju velniu, blogiausiu ¢ tektu susimoketi bauda ir susidejus manatkes tamsoje dar kiutinti iki sekancio ¡elterio, kuriame vel tikriausiai buciau atrades kita turgu.Valgyti pasidariau jau visai sutemus ir netrukus lindau savo palapinen. Dekui dievui, reind34eriai irgi 34mones ¢ nelaksto po kalnus naktimis.---|---Excellent hiking day. Only one problem ¢ shoe¢s top has torn a bit. Before Tri-Corner, I did find a beautiful place, sat, and with dental floss sewed the shoes. Now, sand and small pebbles no longer would be inside shoes. Then, got to Tri-Corner quicker than I expected. However, what I found here, made a strong impression on me. Before my eyes opened a true and genuine Market. All possible and partially impossible places have been filled. Shelter itself was filled to the roof, and the area around shelter was furnished with tents. Even next to the toilet a few tents were standing. People, apparently, decided to smell dung instead of thinking: find a better place to sleep. Even in the forest among the trees counted five hammocks tied up. I filled up bottles with water and headed on. At Guyot Spring, discharged previous water and filled up again with delicious, just best what can have, water.I chose not a random place to sleep. It was beautiful open space with magnificent views of the valley, stretched on the eastern side of the mountain ridge. I remembered that once, back in 2006-s hike, at this site, I did a few shots, and this place was chosen for breakfast by a hiker's couple. Of course, I have risked. If the park rangers caught me, I would have received, at best, hell, at the worst ¢ I would have to pay a fine and move on to the next shelter, which again, I would have probably discovered another market. Thank God, rangers are also people - not run through the mountains at night.