Bushcamp to Bushcamp

30.6 miles

Mile 2652.6

I woke up early, jammed to crush the final miles to the northern terminus. By 5, Spikes and I were plodding our way along a scenic ridge as the sun slowly greeted us.

Shortly after starting we entered the Pasayten Wilderness, the final wilderness of our northbound adventure.

The trail maintained its relatively high elevation ridge walk as we closed in on the terminus.

Around noon we ran into Swift, Seadog and Cucumber relaxing in the shade. Spikes and I joined them for a bit, before descending a pair of janky skree paved switchbacks.

Switchbacks conquered, we’d completed our final climb, it’s all downhill to Canada from here!

I spent the final miles reflecting over the ups and downs, wild places and incredible people I encountered over the past four months. Above all I thought of Spikes, and how our relationship had evolved over the past 2200 miles.

While chatting with her we turned a corner to find the northern terminus monument staring back at us. Honestly, it was rather anticlimactic as we tagged the northern counterpart to the southern monument we’d left over four months prior.

It wasn’t until I sat staring at the trail register in my lap that the full magnitude of our accomplishment struck me. We did it!

Pictures taken, we walked .3 miles into Canada where we found a nice campground to spend our final night together. Tomorrow we’d head into Manning Park, where Spikes’ parents would pick her up and I’d turn around to begin the second chapter of my adventure, alone. It was a bittersweet end to an incredible journey, where I found my better half.

P.s. Love you Paige!

Cheers!

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