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    Wink Fronkey & Tala's PNT Thru-Hike Report

    Hey everyone!

    Tala and I are back from finishing our thru-hike of the Pacific Northwest Trail and we had a great time. I've attached a few photos below and if you would like to see more then please swing on over and give my Facebook Page a "like."

    For those who aren't familiar with it, the Pacific Northwest Trail (PNT) travels 1,200 miles from the continental divide to the Pacific Ocean and goes through seven wilderness areas and three national parks. Dogs are not allowed in the backcountry, so I wasn't able to bring Tala through them and fortunately some great people along the way watched her while I walked through the parks.


    I started my journey at the Chief Mountain trailhead in Glacier National Park and headed west towards Polebridge Montana.


    On my 2nd day in the park I had some serious trail stare going on and just happened to look up and see a fuzzy brown thing on the trail about 40 ft ahead of me. I didn't know what it was at first and thought it was a large rodent.


    I followed what I later found out was his butt down and saw a face looking at me and had a 4 minute stand off with a big mountain lion. Fortunately I was able to get the entire thing on video. He started walking towards me so I yelled at him and banged my trekking poles together in order to scare him away. I think he had an absinth tooth or something because his left cheek was really swollen. I then made my way through Montana onwards to Idaho.





    My favorite thing about Idaho were the alpine lakes along the way and they were very refreshing to swim in because the temperatures stayed steadily about 95f during the day and we hit 109f one day too.

    Tala using a rock as a pillow when taking a snooze.



    We later made it into the Pasaytan wilderness which was one of my favorite parts of the entire trail. We dodged forest fires for the first three days and then had constant rain for the last 3, but man was it a blast!





    I went solo through North Cascades and Olympic National Park and although I loved North Cascades, Olympic was hands down my favorite!


    I finished the hike when I made it to Cape Alava on the Pacific Ocean to much excitement.


    This was an amazing adventure and I can't express how proud I am of Tala for doing so well. With the exception of the national parks, Tala is the first dog in the PNT's history to hike the entire trail.

    I filmed hours of footage for this trip and I will have the documentary finished in the next year after I enter it in a few film festivals.
    I'll have a gear list video up soon as well as some other fun things from the trip.

    Thanks so much everyone for taking a look at my photos and for the constant support while I was on the trail. I appreciate ya.

    Fronkey & Tala

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    The adventurers return....welcome back Fronkey & Tala.
    Mountain views are good for the soul....& getting to them is good for my waistline.

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    Gret picts. Welcome back you were missed.

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    Beautiful pictures, looks like an awesome adventure.
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    Donna here...

    Wow...what a absolutely beautiful hike! Tala is a very special, wonderful companion for you! She did great! I love the pics of her sleeping...what a cutie!
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    Insanely swollen, wonder if that could be the aftermath of a hoof kick to the face by a previous days lunch.

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    Thanks, Fronkey, for showing us yet, another wonderful installment of your "adventure" videos. That surely is some beautiful country.

    I can't wait to see more from this trip to add to this trip report. How long did it take to do the thruhike?
    Enjoy and have fun with your family, before they have fun without you

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    Hi there, good to have you back. Looks like you two had some awesome time for sure!

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    Quote Originally Posted by ofuros View Post
    The adventurers return....welcome back Fronkey & Tala.
    Thanks man!

    Quote Originally Posted by OutandBack View Post
    Gret picts. Welcome back you were missed.
    Thank you! Congrats on becoming a moderator.

    Quote Originally Posted by humer91 View Post
    Beautiful pictures, looks like an awesome adventure.
    It was an amazing time. Thanks!

    Quote Originally Posted by 2Questions View Post
    Donna here...

    Wow...what a absolutely beautiful hike! Tala is a very special, wonderful companion for you! She did great! I love the pics of her sleeping...what a cutie!
    It's impossible for even the manliest of men not to mlf when they look at Tala sleeping. Lol thanks so much!

    Quote Originally Posted by CorrosiveCookie View Post
    Insanely swollen, wonder if that could be the aftermath of a hoof kick to the face by a previous days lunch.
    That's a great conclusion. There sure are a lot of mountain goats there.

    Quote Originally Posted by Floridahanger View Post
    Thanks, Fronkey, for showing us yet, another wonderful installment of your "adventure" videos. That surely is some beautiful country.

    I can't wait to see more from this trip to add to this trip report. How long did it take to do the thruhike?
    Thanks man. Roughly 60 days. I did do a 100 mile section twice because the weather was so terrible I couldnt even film.

    Quote Originally Posted by jolunder View Post
    Hi there, good to have you back. Looks like you two had some awesome time for sure!
    Thanks a bunch! It's great to be back and now I get to check up on what I've missed from all my fellow hangers.

    Fronkey

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    Wow! That's pretty amazing.
    I can only imagine the planning and logistics required.
    When can we expect the documentary,and how can we get it?
    Thanks!

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