A 33-year-old hiker has just become the first person to hike a proposed trail that spans roughly 800 miles across Oregon’s high desert.
The trail runs from Bend to the Owyhee Canyonlands near the Idaho border. The Oregon Desert Trail — as it’s being called — connects many wilderness areas and proposed wilderness areas. …
read more – 800 Miles Of Juniper And Jack Rabbits: First Hiker Completes Oregon Desert Trail
Click through that link to hear an audio interview with Sage Clegg.
Water was her biggest problem. She cached some in advance in order to complete the mission.
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Reblogged this on The Great Plains Trail and commented:
This is awesome! We’re not quite ready to have a thru-hike of the GPT yet, but it’s inspiring to know there’s another arid country long distance trail being planned (and hiked!) out there.
Reblogged this on GreenPackin' and commented:
A great new long distance trail through Oregon’s High Desert – The Oregon Desert Trail