Hiking the Lost Coast Trail and the tide charts were way more serious than I thought

Patricia Hall · 2026-03-11T13:00:10.283043+00:00

We had to sprint across a quarter-mile stretch at Black Sands Beach with waves hitting our knees because we misread the safe window by just an hour.

alice_foster6mo ago

Stick a printed tide chart in your pack's brain pocket.

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the_finley7mo ago

Shane's right about checking twice, but man those tide charts are like reading a foreign language. Sprinting with a full pack while getting slapped by waves sounds like a bad fitness challenge. You basically did an extreme sport by accident. Hope your boots dried out fast.

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shane_wilson7mo ago

Always check the chart twice.

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