{"id":3443,"date":"2021-08-08T22:47:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-08T22:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/08\/day-6-castle-danger-and-gooseberry-falls\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T23:28:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T23:28:30","slug":"day-6-castle-danger-and-gooseberry-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/08\/day-6-castle-danger-and-gooseberry-falls\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 6: Castle Danger and Gooseberry Falls"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Location: Blueberry Hill (78.1)<\/b><\/p>\n

Distance: 20.6 miles<\/b><\/div>\n
Achievements: 10 By 10, Assaulted the Castle, Bonus Miles Averted, 20 Mile Day<\/b><\/div>\n

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I woke up at 4 a.m. with one chore to do — charge my phone.  I was not looking forward to the five mile road hike with a pack with five days of food.  It was a Sunday.  There was no chance anyone would be up.<\/div>\n
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I left the campground at 5:30.  I took about twenty steps on the road when a car pulled to the side and asked if I was looking for a ride!<\/div>\n
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The trail angel’s name was Laura, and she lived right by the trailhead.  She has just dropped off her son at work and was surprised to see a hiker so early.  So, I avoided that long road walk that doesn’t count.  That put a spring in my step all day.<\/div>\n
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On my today’s agenda was the ups-and-downs of Castle Danger.  I crushed it.  Honestly, it was nothing compared to other things I’ve done.  I claimed up Mike’s Rock, another place with a good view, but the fog was in.<\/div>\n
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From there I hiked to Gooseberry Falls and climbed down from fall to fall.<\/p><\/div>\n

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I made it to Blueberry Hill by 4:30, a very solid 20.6 mile day.  I’ve eaten dinner and I’m chilling for the rest of the day.<\/div>\n
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Location: Blueberry Hill (78.1) Distance: 20.6 miles Achievements: 10 By 10, Assaulted the Castle, Bonus Miles Averted, 20 Mile Day I woke up at 4 a.m. with one chore to do — charge my phone.  I was not looking forward to the five mile road hike with a pack with five days of food.  It … Continue reading Day 6: Castle Danger and Gooseberry Falls<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sht2021"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3443"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3449,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3443\/revisions\/3449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}