Part 5: Pacific Ocean - Hiking a Shore Thing

OK. You've seen something about the WCT's rain forest... now for hiking along the Pacific Ocean. With low tide in their favor, the Boys cruised along the varied shore terrain. There were fields of small and huge bolders to traverse... huge logs the size of monster telephone poles to climb over and under, and rock platforms as slippery as ice to track across.

Although known for it's varied and severe weather, the Boys only had about 30 minutes of fog as they approached Owen Point on Day-5. Unbelievably, they had no rain, no morning dampness of any worthy note, and sunny, clear skies; temperature's ranged in the breezy, cool 80s! At 1900 hours, the sun shown brightly and high in the sky. Nightfall occurred around 2200 hours in late July.

Surge channels and high tide during coastal hiking can prove deadly. Trying to cross a surge channel when the tide is high can cost the hiker to become trapped and either unable to continue forward or injured/harmed. Here, the tide table and water proof map each hiker gets at the required orientation becomes essential.

Watching killer whales play off shore, sea lions basking on rock formations several hundred feet from the coast, bald eagles diving for food, and other sea creatures added to the excitement of making each day different. Here's what it looked like...