July 1st, 2016 Miles Hiked: 14 Start Location: 1034 End Location: Ebbitts Pass Mile 1048 End Location GPS: 38.54574, -119.81126 Had a nice morning hiking through some really beautiful and easier sections of trail. Very patchy snow in only a few areas and not too difficult to walk through. I checked my phone if I […]
June 30th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 17 Start Location: Sanora Pass Mile 1017 End Location: Mile 1034 End Location GPS: 38.45333, -119.72479 Went up and over another 10k foot ridge early in the morning. If you guessed there were scary snow sections, you win the prize! The snow doesn’t want to stop so I guess I
June 29th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 11 Start Location: Mile 1006 End Location: Sonora Pass Mile 1017 End Location GPS: 38.32912, -119.63530 We woke up early, around 4 AM. The mosquitos were out at full force even in the morning hours, on account of warm temperatures. It was difficult taking a poo as they swarmed my
June 28th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 8 Start Location: 998 End Location: 1006 End Location GPS: 38.25354, -119.59966 1000 Miles!
June 27th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 20 Start Location: Mile 968 End Location: Mile 998 End Location GPS: 38.18694, -119.57132 Mosquitos blanketed the sun drenched sky, showing up as tiny specs of flying dust, like the particles in a room when the light filters through the window and catches them at the right angle. They were
June 26th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 16 Start Location: Mile 962 End Location: Mile 978 End Location GPS: 38.04699, -119.54115 A lot of climbing today. We planned on 20 miles again but the climbs and snow (ugh, still) slowed us down. Even though the views continue to be overly impressive, I’m kind of getting tired of
June 25, 2016 Miles Hiked: 20 Start Location: Mile 942 End Location; Mile 962 End Location GPS: 38.01415, -119.41521 Last night kind of sucked at the campground. For some reason unknown to me, a group of 6 Japanese people decided to stroll into our campsite at 11 PM and set up their tents right next
June 24th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 16 Start Location: Mile 927 End Location: Mile 943 End Location GPS: 37.87241, -119.35353 We woke early and made our way over Donahue pass at just over 11k feet. There was a bit of snow and some cross country travel and route finding but it wasn’t very difficult. After the
June 23rd, 2016 Miles Hiked: 16 Start Location: Mile 911 End Location: Mile 927 End Location GPS: 37.74939, -119.22006 Pretty uneventful 16 miles, although we did let ourselves sleep in. We followed the valley for a while and then started back up again. Near the end of the day we rounded a series of neat
June 22nd, 2016 Miles Hiked: 5 Start Location: Reds Meadow End Location: Mile 911 End Location GPS: 37.65339, -119.07978 We woke up after another pleasent night’s rest in the VIP suite not knowing whether we should spend another night in town or get back to the trail. We are meeting up with my sister Gina