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PostSun Jun 14, 2009 10:39 am 
Well we wanted to get away from just river hiking and stumbled across this 10 mile round trip hike in the northern cascades. Got a little bit of water slapping practice with my new fly pole, some camping and overall good weather with some actual views. Did I mention this short trail was infested with day hikers, a nightmare to find parking, and a pain to back down half the road to find a turn around?... but overall was an excellent mild hike with great views. I got some testing done on my newly modified Golite Ion pack, and it will now be my go to pack for everything from dayhikes, fishing trips, overnighters to weeklong trips. If you want more info on the pack mods check out the MYOG section on my blog . Enough blabbing, if you want more pictures or more info just visit my blog post via the link below. Jared's Adventure Blog

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PostSun Jun 14, 2009 12:59 pm 
Goat lake has been popular for decades. They even did mining up their in the 1800's. Several people on this site can probably tell you where to find old mining equipment up there.

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PostSun Jun 14, 2009 1:11 pm 
Did you catch any fish?

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PostSun Jun 14, 2009 1:42 pm 
Rooinator! I saw you up there, and you graciously shared information about your lightweight style of packing with us! It was great talking to you, I am especailly interrested in you tarp tent. (I was camped with my friend Sue, in the huge and heavy "half-dome".) Trail Snail

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PostSun Jun 14, 2009 9:39 pm 
klocksib wrote:
Did you catch any fish?
no fish I was more aimed towards practicing my casting, but the guy in a raft got a couple little brooks near the waterfall.

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PostSun Jun 14, 2009 10:04 pm 
Trail snail wrote:
Rooinator! I saw you up there, and you graciously shared information about your lightweight style of packing with us! It was great talking to you, I am especailly interrested in you tarp tent. (I was camped with my friend Sue, in the huge and heavy "half-dome".) Trail Snail
Anytime! I'm always happy to talk gear with nice people! especially if they are looking towards lightening their load. the build thread for my tarp tent. http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=15138 The initial Plans for the Original Tarptent, http://www.tarptent.com/projects/tarpdesign.html fabric suppliers, www.questoutfitters.com www.thru-hiker.com http://www.owfinc.com/Fabrics/fabricmain.htm www.speerhammocks.com www.seattlefabrics.com some of the gear I was showing you, www.golite.com www.backpackinglight.com www.prolitegear.com www.montbell.com http://www.seatosummit.com/products/display/7 a couple reccomendations for sites that I forgot to mention www.trailcooking.com http://jasonklass.blogspot.com/ or his youtube channel also. He goes over a lot of gear, and some of it is make your own or useful stuff you already have that you can use. Like 32oz gatorade bottles instead of the Nalgene bottles. ask away or send me an email or pm for more information.

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PostSun Jun 14, 2009 10:11 pm 
ooops, double posted the info.

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PostSun Jun 14, 2009 10:44 pm 
I felt compelled to add this picture to the group. smile.gif

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