"left Cortes bay by boat on sat morning 7am , 4 people and packs. About 9 am we headed up Forbes creekon on its left bank on a well used trail which goes to the falls about 20 minutes then turned away from the creek at about a 45 % angle and after about 30 minutes found the old logging road. As it was late in the year and the creek water was low you could just barely hear Forbes creek on the logging road. After about 2 hrs in one of our members back spasmed and after tying 3 of the packs in a tree we all hiked back to the beach. While 2 people waited one of us took the hurting person back to Cortes bay and after gaining more fuel zoomed back to Forbes bay. We camped in the valley beside a large rock and presumed the next morning. We stayed on the logging road another hr.and then after crossing the grey, bare granite creek turned up the slope, I traversed 15 0r 20 minutes too far and as I had made this error before zigged back but continually up to get us back on the the grey granite creek and into the high country. We were able to climb the creek bed as the water was so low, something which I hadn't been able to do in previous years. It took about 7 hrs to get to the camp at the ..." — hughbarton • Sep 15, 2014