Trip Report! - The Longest Way Down.. Detours, Delays, and

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[coqcitywesty]

As a PNW guy who is currently border-locked as a result of the pandemic, I have been living/traveling vicariously through these posts, so please keep up the great work. Some amazing photos.
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I follow and enjoy your videos but trip reports are my favorite. I feel the more pictures the better. My imagination doesn't do nearly as good a job as photos do. Thanks for taking the time to post.
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[erste]

goldtooth, this trip report made me want to get back up to Humboldt again soon. I do not envy the route you had to take to get to your first site, especially since you left early. That's the worst.

I think a lot of people in here lurk and are reluctant to post for whatever reasons. I try to post something quick when I see something that I like, even if I have nothing to really contribute, and wish others would too. It goes a long way - further than any 'like button' could.

Once a trip report thread is past the first or second page, it's gone. Trip reports don't come up in the search as often as something technical and just stay buried.

I think it'd be good to have a Trip Reports thread that isn't locked or stickied (I tend to ignore the sticky threads). One that all of us can actually update and contribute to instead of having to message a moderator . Not to post the whole report, but just a link. I think I'll start one now.

[johnnyvw164]

Enjoyed the trip report...me being on the east coast, the scenery there is spectacular!

Sometimes the trips that don't go as planned become the most memorable.

[bryanarchy]

Hey Nate, was this trip done after you'd redone your pop-top? I ask because it's looking super crisp and clean in the photos!

[joetiger]

Great report as always, thank you! Your pictures are fantastic. I haven't watched the vid yet but will when I get some free time (taking three days off from work last week took its toll.)

I've been posting trip reports here since around 2005, and one thing I've noticed is that I can go back and look at my own reports and really enjoy the memories as well as harvest ideas that I might have forgotten about for a current writing project.

It's somehow better than just looking at old pictures because this is where I've put together narratives to take fellow Samba folks along for the ride.

Older me appreciates that younger me put in the time.

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[Squidfish]

My backyard!
So sorry you got turned around at Last Chance Grade near CC and then had to take 36...that highway is horrid in any car IMO! 299 would have been better like you said, even with a dusting of snow. There is also a low elevation forest service road back near O'Brien that goes though to 96 to Happy Camp/96.

Glad you got to spend more time in such an amazing place!
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[Vanlife Geek]

I enjoyed your trip report very much! I appreciate the time it took to do it and I hope you don't stop. Thanks!
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