Posts Tagged ‘Kennedy Meadows’
Day 74: What Goes Around, Comes Around
July 13, 2015 A Tree Spring (1220.0) to Fowler Peak Trailhead (1242.9) 22.9 PCT miles today 1287.3 miles total Today’s Elevation Gain/Loss: + 4,246 ft, – 5,227 ft Just yesterday Pickles and I were saying how strange it was that we weren’t seeing any hikers we knew and how we wondered where they all were…
Read MoreDay 58: The Welcoming Committee
June 27, 2015 Tentsite before Benson Lake (971.0) to Tentsite before Dorothy Lakes Pass (992.1) 21.1 PCT miles today 1036.6 miles total Today’s Elevation Gain/Loss: + 4,400 ft, – 4,332 ft Once again, all of today’s hike was within Yosemite National Park, and it was all magnificent. We have hiked ourselves into yet another new…
Read MoreDay 40: Turning 30 at Kennedy Meadows
June 9, 2015 (9th Re-Ration – Kennedy Meadows) Chimney Creek (681.0) to Kennedy Meadows (702.4) 21.4 PCT miles today, 1 non-PCT mile today 715.4 miles total Today’s Elevation Gain/Loss: + 3,998 ft, – 3,681 ft Well we finally made it. I’m writing this blog from my tent behind the Kennedy Meadows General Store and I’m…
Read MoreDay 39: No One Said it Would be Easy
June 8, 2015 Ridge after Walker Pass (656.1) to Chimney Creek (681.0) 24.9 PCT miles 693 miles total Today’s Elevation Gain/Loss: + 5,560 ft, – 6,208 ft Wow, today was a hard one. This morning we finally had the chance to meet a hiker whom we had heard a lot about, Jaba, and he threw…
Read MoreDay 37: A Storm in the Mojave
June 6, 2015 (8th Re-Ration – Bird Spring Pass) Tentsite before Landers Meadow Spring (608.0) to Bird Spring Pass (630.9) 22.9 PCT miles today 643.9 miles total Today’s Elevation Gain/Loss: + 3,193 ft, – 3,909 ft I have a feeling that the desert is upset with us for talking so badly about it over the…
Read MoreDay 34: Wrestling with Wind
June 3, 2015 (7th Re-Ration – Tehachapi) Tentsite past wind farm (540.3) to Willow Springs Road-Tehachapi (558.5) 18.2 PCT miles today 571.5 miles total Today’s Elevation Gain/Loss: + 3,329 ft, – 3,500 ft Another incredibly windy day. I have to be honest, Pickles and I are not thrilled with this section of the trail. If…
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