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Kiamichi River
Wilderness Backpacking


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Feb 6-8
Backpack Trip - Upper Kiamichi River Wilderness
Traveled 17 miles in 2 days

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The Kiamichi River Wilderness is part of the Talimena Trail in southeast Oklahoma

trailhd.jpg (29901 bytes) We arrived at the parking area at 10:30 pm, unloaded our gear and started down the trail.  We camped after traveling about 1/2 mile.  Up at dawn on Saturday morning we hit the trail after a breadkfast of oatmeal.   After three miles of hiking we arrive at the trailhead.
crew.jpg (19334 bytes) Hiking single file the trail was level for a while and then started to climb
lunch.jpg (20848 bytes) Lunch on the trail is a welcome break.   
setup.jpg (14807 bytes) Setting up camp
cooking.jpg (7322 bytes)   Cleaning up after breakfast.

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