Lower Pilot – from the Coy Bald Trail, Hercules Glades Wilderness. I started my day camped about three-quarters of a mile to the west (left) of the Lower Pilot. Taken with my 14-year-old Fuji Finepix digital camera. 1
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The Pilots – Seen from the Coy Bald Trail.
December 27, 2020 15:29
Looking up Long Creek (east). Hercules Glades – Day Two.
December 27, 2020 13:14
I stopped for lunch and to refill my water bottle, and I learned a lesson while I was about it. One-minute read
December 27, 2020 13:13
View out of Hercules Glades Wilderness to the north. +1
December 27, 2020 11:55
About to break camp – There are three things to note in this picture…
December 27, 2020 10:20
I get my day’s breakfast and trail food out first thing so I don’t forget to unpack it before I break camp and put everything in my backpack.
December 27, 2020 8:12
Good Morning. Hercules Glades – Day Two.
December 27, 2020 7:58
Camped by ‘Deep Hollow’ – After years of camping down in hollows to be near water, I am now learning the advantages of going higher and putting up with a longer trek to fetch water. +1
December 26, 2020 16:39
Ice in ‘Deep Hollow’ – Okay, so I managed to let one of my hiking poles fall into the hollow while taking the previous picture. Which meant I had to climb down and retrieve it. While I was there, I took this picture.
December 26, 2020 14:25
Ice falls – In ‘Deep Hollow.’ One-minute read, +2
December 26, 2020 14:22
A rather sluggish grasshopper.
December 26, 2020 13:52
Gurgling – it was interesting listening and watching the creek flowing under the ice. I stopped here to refill my water bottle. Hercules Glades – Day One.
December 26, 2020 12:36
Unexpected ice – there was a lot more ice on the trail than I expected. Hercules Glades – Day One. +1
December 26, 2020 12:23
Journal: Last Backpacking trip of the year, December 2020 – I’m planning on staying out three nights, finding my way to Beaver Creek to the north of the bluffs, and hiking the only trail here that I haven’t hiked yet. Hercules Glades. Journal: 10 43
December 26, 2020 12:00
Last Backpacking trip of 2020 – I’m planning on staying out three nights, finding my way to Beaver Creek to the north of the bluffs, and hiking the only trail here that I haven’t hiked yet. Hercules Glades – Day One.
December 26, 2020 11:05
End of trip selfie – Day Four – In total I’d hiked 27.5 miles and climbed over 2,600ft. I’m still not particularly fit, but my averages are rising.
December 12, 2020 13:06
Splashes – As anticipated, the hike out was cold and damp. So I ‘poured on the coal’ again and got moving. I wanted to get to the warmth and heated seat in the car as soon as possible.
December 12, 2020 10:27
Packing up after the rain – Everything including the hammock has been packed away leaving just the tarp which I kept up so that the occasional rain shower and drips from the trees didn’t get me and the gear wet.
December 12, 2020 9:10
Beecher Spring and site of the abandoned Edward Beecher Recreation Area – my destination for the day. One-minute read, +2
December 11, 2020 12:50
Berryman Trail sign – Anyone know what the logo at the bottom is? Ginger reckons it’s a bong. I think it means potable water. Again Google has let me down.
December 11, 2020 12:26
Poor flag etiquette – Not content with letting the flag touch the ground, it’s also in an appalling state. +1
December 11, 2020 12:17
Kudos to the Ozark Trail Association – The trail is very well maintained, and I like the new routing away from all the wet and marshy ground. The extra three miles are welcome too. I noticed that the complete Berryman Trail is now marked as a ‘spur trail’ of the Ozark Trail, which is good. If only all the Missouri trails were this well stewarded.
December 11, 2020 11:59
Crossing Floyd Tower Rd. (again). On the western loop this time.