I sat in my office, sipping on a delicious iced coffee, feeling grateful for the little heater I named Fred. Fred keeps me sane. He stoically combats the relentless air conditioning that blasts me in the head all day. Then I saw the weather report for the Yosemite Valley through the weekend. Sunny and Read more…
We had a friend who was going to run, literally, our resupply up Kearsarge Pass and meet us on the trail. Even the offer was amazing. Pre-trail magic? Then she scored an awesome new position and was unable to take the leave needed to make the trip. We’re super happy for Read more…
“Hey buddy, where’s my sock?” Sherlock tilted his head. “What did you do with my sock? This sock.” I held up my lone Injinji sock. He touched it with his nose. “Good boy, show me SOCK. Yes, SOCK.” He touched it again and swished his tail…and did.not.move. I tore Read more…
Do we have too much food? Not enough? It’s really hard to tell. In spite of our careful calculations and meticulous math, we can ultimately only hope we’re close enough for government work. Here’s our resupply for Red’s Meadow… I don’t know. I do know that by 8pm last Read more…
Being bored of food with no way of acquiring anything different just plain sucks. Reminds me of college. We needed a large variety of consumables. We thought about dehydrating food and putting together little recipes like we’ve done for smaller trips. We have three dehydrators, after all. Time to put Read more…