Tree marked with skull and crossbone "Killer Tree" tape. Perhaps this is the tree responsible for this. 01/12/2008 04:50 PM
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Junction with the Metor trail. Again, I opted to continue down the fire road.
01/12/2008 04:54 PM
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Eary sunset a little after 5pm.
01/12/2008 05:09 PM
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By a complete stroke of luck, I hit the Ocean View Summit within 5 minutes of sunset. The summit was about 10 yards off trail.
01/12/2008 05:11 PM
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Ocean View Summit marker.
01/12/2008 05:11 PM
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The last bit of sun and the Pacific Ocean from the Ocean View Summit.
01/12/2008 05:14 PM
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The last bit of ridgetop before the trail headed back into the redwood canopy
01/12/2008 05:17 PM
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Junction of the Dool and Middle Ridge roads. I had originally planned on taking Dool, but I had underestimated exactly how dark the redwood forest would be after sunset and how easy it would be to lose the trail. Instead I opted to take Middle Ridge road back to Gazos Creek Road, which was about a quarter mile longer but came with substantially lower risk of me wandering around lost in the dark. Got back to the car a little after 6 after 10 hours on the trail.
01/12/2008 05:31 PM
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