Walbran Creek to Cribs Creek – 15kms
One of the many cable cars… best with 4 hikers. 2 in the box and 2 to help pull.
That burger tho!
It was great to wake up with no rain and have a chance to slowly pack up and re-organize my pack. Its amazing how many things I have managed to temporarily loose considering I don’t really have that many things to loose. We broke camp at 10 and got our blood flowing with a cable car to cross Walbran Creek. I am really happy I’m travelling with a group I couldn’t imagine having to pull myself alone across these cables. At the orientation session the Parks Canada guy told me I’d be best to just cross the river… maybe not a bad idea if the water was low… but these creeks were running pretty quickly.
The past 3 days of hiking are considered the most difficult section of the trail. As such today was a much quicker pace and different scenery as it was mostly along the beach. The promises of delicious cheese burgers for lunch kept us going strong. Yes you read that right… cheese burgers. Here on the West Coast Trail in the middle of absolute no where there is a restaurant called Chez Monique’s. They have been here for over 20 years serving burgers to famished hikers. For 24$ (20 for the burger, 2 for cheese and 2 for bacon) it was expensive but man was it good. They were so good that 4 of us took one to go for dinner tonight! Maybe its just the trail talking but these might be the best burgers I have ever eaten. Even better than this was the beer I had to wash it all down.
After Chez Moniques it was a quick 2 km hike to camp. A few scattered showers along the way served to remind us that being dry was not in the cards for us. We were told heading North there is about 16 hours of physical hiking left until you reach the end of the trail.
I realized at some point today just how much I smell… LOL
