The Amazon Outdoor StoreBy Troy HeieIt took four years — 100 or so miles every summer — but Medford Oregon's T.J. Harvey and his son finally conquered the Pacific Crest Trail through Oregon.T.J. was 67 and his son, Shaun, was 39 when they embarked on their trek near the Oregon-California border, fulfilling a long-held dream for both men that would rely on Shaun's periodic time off from work to complete the mission.Four years, 430 milesThe Harveys' itinerary for the Pacific Crest Trail was broken into four trips. Their first leg was cut short by forest fires, and they had to wait for Shaun to get time off from work to complete the final three legs.The trip brought them past Soda Mountain and Pilot Rock and through the Hyatt Lake area in Southern Oregon, into the lava fields off Highway 140 near Lake of the Woods, to the rim of Crater Lake and past 7,000-foot Diamond Peak en route to the Willamette Pass. They saw Obsidian Falls, went through the Santiam Pass and skirted Ollalie Lake on their way to Timberline Lodge, elevation 6,000 feet. Finally, father and son stood atop the Benson Plateau with a view of Mount Hood and their final goal in the distance, the Columbia River Gorge.The adventure started in July 2002 in the Seiad Valley off Highway 96 in Northern California, and the Harveys spent the next several years marking off territory as they "thru-hiked" over mountain passes, streams, rivers and color-dappled meadows.
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