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Sept 5-7: Llama Uber Driver
The smoky conditions were so bad at the end of the White Cloud trip, that Charlotte and Reuben had had enough and left the trek on Sept 5th. With a truck and horse trailer, I retrieve them and 3 llamas (Timber, Milton and Russell) for a 15 hour road trip returning the llamas to Idaho Falls and the hikers to Ketchum/Sun Valley. Being a gentleman and grateful not to be hiking through heat and smoke, Reuben did most of the driving!
Louise and Bob head for the Boulders together with Apple and Fred.
Sept 5-7: Llama Uber Driver
The smoky conditions were so bad at the end of the White Cloud trip, that Charlotte and Reuben had had enough and left the trek on Sept 5th. With a truck and horse trailer, I retrieve them and 3 llamas (Timber, Milton and Russell) for a 15 hour road trip returning the llamas to Idaho Falls and the hikers to Ketchum/Sun Valley. Being a gentleman and grateful not to be hiking through heat and smoke, Reuben did most of the driving!
Louise and Bob head for the Boulders together with Apple and Fred.
After two days, even they can't handle the smoke. Instead of hiking to Park Creek, they stop 10 miles short where I pick them up for an overnight llama bivouac in Hulen Meadows and a nice dinner at the Grill at the Knob Hill Inn. Bob gets a bed, clean clothes before hitting the Pioneers. Louise's husband is happy to have her home again.
Sept 8-9: Pioneer Mountains (the sixth mountain range since July 5th)
Thick smoke and unhealthy air quality lift for the beginning of the Pioneer Traverse. For the Pioneers, we are joined by the Outdoor Idaho PBS TV crew for a day and one-half of filming as part of the December Special on these iconic mountains.
Thick smoke and unhealthy air quality lift for the beginning of the Pioneer Traverse. For the Pioneers, we are joined by the Outdoor Idaho PBS TV crew for a day and one-half of filming as part of the December Special on these iconic mountains.
I call the Pioneers, the Himalayas of Idaho. Good friends Frank and Birgitta Lamb and Mark Stewart join the trek. I am still sore so will only join them at the top of Summit Creek, an easy 4 miles hike.
Beau from Wilderness Ridge Llama Trekking meets at the Trailhead with three fresh llamas: 2 very familiar boys: Bono, our champion, Timber, our hard working pal, and Sully, possibly the most photogenic llama we've had.
Raining and hail meet us at the top of Summit Creek and we hunker down.
The afternoon clears and the filming begins. The views of the Devil's Bedstead are beautiful.
After a rest day, Bob and Birgitta Lamb continue the Pioneer Trek. Frank Lamb who has altitude sickness hikes out with me. We will pick up Bob and Birgitta on September 15th.
