June 15th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 14 Start Location: Campsite Mile 811 End Location: Campsite Mile 825 End Location GPS: 37.05299, -118.54217 Today was downright scary. Mather pass was the worst of the passes so far for us. Ascending there is an almost vertical section near the top which is the only way through at this […]
June 14th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 15 Start Location: Mile 796 End Location: Mile 811 End Location GPS: 36.96839, -118.44097 Tough day. We woke up to freezing condensation all over our tent and wet sleeping bags. My hands had pins and needles after rolling the tent to put it into its stuff sack. We started our
June 13th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 14.3 Start Location: Onion Valley End Location: Dollar Lake Mile 796 End Location GPS: 36.83457, -118.40768 Today was tough. Glen Pass scared us and kicked out butt. The north facing bowl when you get over the top is just covered in snow. I don’t even want to use the word
June 12th, 2016 Zero Day in Independence It’s nice waking up in a bed. It’s easy to forget this simple pleasure when you sleep in one all the time, but when you don’t, you really appreciate how great of an invention the bed actually is. I walked outside the motel room and saw bright white
June 11th, 2016 Zero Day in Independance We woke up at first light ready to pack up our stuff as quickly as possible to get out of the park before we were noticed. We both didn’t get much sleep but that was okay. We went to breakfast and received crappy service, yet again, by account
June 10th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 14 + 8 Total Miles: Start Location: Mile 775 End Location: Onion Valley Camp End Location GPS: 36.79931, -118.19741 Last night was the coldest night on trail. My breath was frosty and thick in the midnight hours when I went to the bathroom and my down sleeping bag kept me
June 9th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 9 Total Miles: Start Location: Crabtree Meadow Ranger Station End Location: Mile 775 End Location GPS: 36.64268, -118.38781 I closed my eyes at 9 PM last night and did not open them until 5:30. It was the best night’s sleep I’ve had since I started this trip and I think
June 8th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 16 Total Miles: Start Location: Crabtree Meadow mile 766 End Location: Crabtree Ranger Station near Mile 767 End Location GPS: 36.56447, -118.34966 Today we climbed Mt. Whitney. It was a lot harder than I thought it would be. The climbing was made extra difficult by snow field and ridge traversals.
June 7th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 22 + 2 Total Miles: 664 Start Location: Horshoe Meadow to Trail Pass at Mile 744 End Location: Mile 766 Crabtree Meadow Beautiful but long day. The views were incredible of granite mountain snowy peaks and meadows and rivers. It’s already after 9 and way past my bedtime, so this
June 6th, 2016 Zero Day in Lone Pine, CA Last nights sleep was awful at the Dow Villa Hotel. If I wanted to sweat and have warm air blowing on my face all night I could have done it for free in the desert. Carolyn actually called the front office at 1 AM and complained