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The best way to climb was in the creek
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Lunch at the Pass
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Ben, very much from Chicago, riding his bike from Deadhorse south to freedom
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The pipeline has a few pit toilets. A bus company will drop your bearcan there for $25.
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Proof that I've seen the pipeline
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Short hard day. A little bit of descent down the creek and then a brushy climb up to the pass. It was easiest to just stay in the creek. Then down a nice grassy slope until another creek headed to the highway that was more of a canyon with multiple nearly waist-deep crossings back and forth. Did I mention it was raining?
Finally made it out, crossed the Dietrich, and hit the highway. Still raining, a fair amount of truck traffic going by. Didn't know quite where our resupply packages would be, so go a little worried, but they were right behind the outhouse just after milepost 235. Very relieved they were there.
Right as we walked up Ben from Chicago rolled down the hill from the pass on his bike. Apparently Alaska Airlines flies 737s to Dead horse, so it was easy to get no-no a bike there. Maybe someday I'll have to do that. An inquisitive fox came up and said hello.
We waited in hopes someone would come by and take our trash, but no one did. We didn't want to climb back up to the pass, so we just camped next to the pipeline. I have a headache. Hopefully the creek will drown out some of the highway noise.
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