Day 91 - The Green Corridor Returns

Mile 1416.5 to Mile 1444.8 - 28.3 miles

The big miles day returned with some vigour with a 28.3 mile effort. Apart from a 2000 foot climb in the morning the rest of the day was not overly taxing.
After leaving the vortex of people at Burney Falls we passed a hydro dam holding the water of Lake Britton

We haven't had a lot if dams on tour so far. The climb in the morning brought us out on an exposed ridge for lunch where we had great views of Mt Shasta.

The rest of the day was spent edging closer to the base of the mountain before passing over the Bartle Gap to our campsite.
In mid afternoon I was chatting to Cracker (a very personable guy from New Jersey whom I have crossed paths with the last few days) when two runners bowled up. They stopped briefly & we discovered that one of them was Carl from Belgium with one of his support crew. He is having a crack at the supported record for the PCT being 52 to 53 days at an average of 50 miles a day. He had left Campo on 22nd June (it's taken me 3 months to hike this far when it's taken him 30 days). He mentioned that he had been to New Zealand & loved it - a common theme from people who travelled to our fair land (apart from the German who said we were too expensive). Everyone else says they so much want to go to New Zealand. I've been handing out invitations to stay with us in Hawkes Bay so I hope they dont all turn up at once......Weta