Dit zijn de afstanden die er per dag gefietst zijn. Dag 4 was de rustdag.Dag 5 en 6 waren de dagen dat we rond hebben gereden in de Veluwe zonder bagage.
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Glacier Peak Wilderness - Day 8
In the morning, we crossed the bridge and continued the trail. We had planned to leave the PCT after a few kilometers and then hike a few more along the river before climbing another huge mountain to a beautiful mountain lake with a lookout tower. The trail to get there had been closed off at its other end, so we were likely the first people walking there in a long time. Luckily it wasn't overgrown and very beautiful. According to the map, we would pass 3 streams before we arriving at the trail going up the mountain. To our surprise, we didn't pass any trail and the trail we were on went downhill while we should have stayed at roughly the same elevation. We again couldn't really see through the trees and had poor GPS reception. We decided to keep going in case the route was again longer than it seemed on the map, just like yesterday.
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After walking at least 4 km more than planned, I noticed a marker by some geological institute that indicated an elevation way lower than were we supposed to be at. By now we were pretty sure there was something wrong with the map, but it was difficult to figure out what it was without being able to see around us or get a GPS signal. We decided to walk another 15 minutes and then turn around. Fifteen minutes later we were even lower and there still was no sign of the trail we were searching for, so we turned around. We had been walking gradually downhill for at least 2 hours and would lose a big part of the day just to get back to where we started.