I would walk five hundred miles....: Day 5 Cullite Cove to Thrasher Cove km 70

Cullite Cove to Thrasher Bay is 12 km through old growth forest, along ocean shelf and across an enormous boulder field. (Both the boulders and the area covered by the boulders are enormous) . At the orientation meeting, we were told the beach walk on this leg of the trail would take 4 hours and in order to hike along the beach we had to be on the beach while tides were below a certain point. This required a very early start in order to reach the beach crossing and still have 4 hours to cross at low tide. We broke camp about 6 am and hiked our hearts out and made it to the Beach Access Point right on time. Owen Point is a beautiful rock formation with caves that are under water except at low tide. The official map of the WCT states this about this section of trail: "This a difficult route with surge channels and many boulders." They weren't kidding. We jumped surge channels with our packs on, (tricky) we climbed for hours over huge boulders covered in barnacles. Although the barnacles could be sharp, I actually liked them because they were very grippy on what could have been a slippery surface. I didn't get any pictures of the boulders because I was too busy just navigating the terrain. Most of the boulders are taller than I am so you weave your way over and through them as best you can. While walking on other boulders of course. We took gloves to protect our hands and might I say they came in very "handy". It was a very intense and beautiful day of hiking.