Advertisements Bench Lake Ranger Station to home… The morning was very surreal. I heard Omar get up at our normal early hour, but I stayed in my tent. I didn’t need the time to pack up. The trail workers would be back around 8am to reassess and the call...
Advertisements Lower Palisade Lake to Bench Lake Ranger Station Great start to the day. The first thing to tackle was Mather Pass – another 4 miles and 1500 feet in elevation gain with lots of switchbacks and rough, talus terrain. When Omar started to pull ahead...
Advertisements Le Conte Canyon to Lower Palisade Lake After the great flood of Ally’s tent, I woke up with my feet still in a lot of pain. Even stretching them while laying in the tent was extremely uncomfortable. But feeling around inside the tent, I was...
Advertisements Evolution Lake to Rock Monster, LeConte CanyonWaking up, the first thing I did was test my feet, stretching them out. Yes, they still hurt quite a bit, but were marginally better than when I’d gone to sleep the night before. Well, nothing to do...
Advertisements Muir Trail Ranch to Evolution LakeWaking up, the rest of the trip settled in, heavy on my shoulders. I was excited, but our wiggle room was gone. We had heavy packs, with 9 days worth of food. We didn’t have room to not make our mileage on any...
