Our Last Night In The Wilderness… From wanting to see a bear, to being desperate for more food, to developing the hiker ‘look’ and ‘smell’, to getting our kit off in the coldest of…
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Over The Final Pass… Today we hiked up another 3,000 feet from Centre Basin Creek to reach our final pass on the JMT. At 13,118 feet, not only is Forester Pass the highest pass…
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We’re Almost There… Including today, we have only three hiking days left of roughly 10 miles per day to reach Guitar Lake, where we’ll camp before heading up to the summit of Mount Whitney.…
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Not Too Far! We had a lay in this morning (not that we needed any extra sleep as we’re already getting at least 10 hours a night). But as we had less than a…
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Same, Same, But Different… It was only a ‘half day’ of hiking today as we headed from Woods Creek to Lower Rae Lake. The unfortunate thing about it however was that it was all…
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Missing A Few Home Comforts… We’ve been exactly 21 days on the trail. That’s three whole weeks in the wilderness without access to the phone, TV, or internet. (Not that we’ve really missed these…
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Back On Top Form! After a good night’s rest, we were back at peak fitness and found Mather Pass a breeze this morning. Whether it was because it was a lot cooler today, or…
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Less Than 100 Miles To Go! It’s Day 16 on the JMT and we have less than 100 miles to go! We’re now entering what is considered to be the best and most picturesque…