Day 1, 13:45, Pachena WCT Information Centre
The bus ride from Victoria to here, much of it over hairpin turns on logging roads, took six hours.
The mandatory orientation is intended to make hikers feel comfortable and confident. That's why the talk focuses on bears, cougars, impassable headlands, and the dangers of being trapped on the beach during a rising tide, not to mention the 85-105 people evacuated each season due to injury and hypothermia.

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