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A “Terrorific” Day…Part Three
Once safely back at the Trail Crest junction, Jody met us with, “Did you all make it?” Yup, was the resounding answer. (However, we all agreed that Jody still had made the better choice, and was the smart one out … Continue reading
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Felt like 20 miles
It was a restful nights sleep and a much warmer night (41 degrees) than spent at Horseshoe Meadows. Somehow the frogs sounding off came to a complete halt all at once. I guess even frogs have to sleep, but I … Continue reading
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Cottonwood Pass
Before we bedded down for the night we had set 9am as our “launch” time. We were close. Last minute packing and repacking occurred, as well as a thorough search of our vehicles to ensure that no fragrant things or … Continue reading
One More Day
Last night it was ridiculously cold. Jan said her digital thermometer read 33°. Yikes! We have one more day of acclimation before we start our circuitous route to Mt. Whitney. This evening April, Steve and Trevor are to arrive. This … Continue reading
Getting Acclimated
We awake to a quickly warming sun and the sounds of a babbling Creek nearby. We spent our first night at the Lone Pine Campground (6000 ft) (campsites best by reserved via http://www.Recreation.gov). This campground is just outside of town, … Continue reading
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Road Trip’n
As all best laid plans go, they are mere suggestions. In our ernest to get outta dodge by 1000, it turned into noon, and could have been later had we just not said “screw it”, let’s go. “Short” trips are … Continue reading
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It’s a matter of Altitude
So off we set on another adventure, to summit Mt. Whitney…the tallest mountain in the lower 48. While the trip will a “short” one, (a “mere” 40.7 miles or so) the significance of this particular adventure will combine two of … Continue reading
Home Stretch
* Apologies for delay in the final post for this trip. Home life sorta gets in the way and things get complicated…hence the draw for hiking long trails. At 0615am Paul’s phone rings. What? Why is his phone ringing? I … Continue reading
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Tatonka
During the night it rained, and rained hard, but when we awake the only real evidence that it even rained was the large droplets of water resting on our rain flies. Since Southern California has been plagued by drought, the … Continue reading
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A little trek to Little Harbor
Not surprisingly we slept in till nearly 7am and were greeted to the sound of cooing pigeons that were waiting impatiently for us to exit our tents and drop food on the ground. Once up, we did not disappoint them. … Continue reading
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