Tinkle and I left Mammoth after saying goodbye to Daisy, who would be staying in town another day. It was pretty smoky from a nearby fire and while we'd been in Mammoth, ashes had been falling like snow over the whole town. The smoke got better as we got a little higher. That night, there …
Month: August 2018
PCT Update 13: Muir and Muir Fun Times
I think, for me, the best of the Sierras was this next section. Muir Pass was my favorite so far, even though it had the most snow of any before. We'd camped within a couple miles of the summit and gotten up early enough so that the snow was hard and so much easier to …
PCT Update 12: Checking Attitudes
After the dramatic rescue of the day before, we had paused before the following creek and waited for morning to continue. The water crossings are easier in the morning because they're snowmelt streams. Overnight, the flow of melting snow gets slower as it freezes again and the level of the streams goes down a bit. …
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