Aug. 13th-16th Etna Summit to Seiad Valley

And so begins the 3 day, 1 meal challenge for Boogieman and Birdshit. Our greatest ally and yet our arch-nemesis: summer sausage, cheese, and tortillas (sometimes with honey). While the experience of eating the same meal for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks didn't necessarily wear us down too much, we realized meat and cheese do not give you all your essential vitamins and nutrients. My, were we fatigued and crabby. But we made it into town in 3 1/2 days and gorged ourselves. We connected with two other hikers along the way: Darth-Raspberry and Live Yeast. A delightful pair who we shared the Aug. 12th meteor shower with (Awesome!), some pancake muffins, and tons of laughter. We've been hiking with the since; however, we were not able to convince them to take the "freedom" shots (see photos), of course, in tribute of Dan Wielechowski and Jake Gray.

Another notable hiking duo we have encountered, Bones and Lo, are traveling musicians. We were treated to a "campfire concert," where Lo played his 2.1 pound guitar and Bones played lead vocals. Quite a treat after a long day of hiking.
Due to the impossibility of downing 5 pounds of pancakes, Boogie and The Bird have chosen to replace the Seiad Valley pancake challenge with an Ashland, OR, pizza showdown of some sort. Stay tuned....