Day 17– July 20, 2014 Odometer Reading: 164.5 miles Miles today: 2.1 Camped: Le Conte Canyon Ranger Station – elevation 8,758 Today’s Key to Success: Ranger Matt Aidan had a really hard time getting out of bed. Right when we left camp, it started to rain. Then it turned to Read more
Day 15 – July 18, 2014 Odometer Reading: 152 miles Miles today: 7 Camped: near Palisade Lakes – elevation 10,844 Today’s Key to Success: Immodium AD Really rough night. My legs hurt so bad from my hips to the bottoms of my feet. I rolled around for a long time trying to deal with the Read more
Day 12 – July 15, 2014 Odometer Reading: 123.2 miles Miles today: 12.20 Camped: McClure Meadow – elevation 9,730 Today’s Key to Success: Gentle Rain I slept pretty well. Aidan did not. Poor guy. His legs were killing him and he didn’t feel well at all. We got up Read more
Day 11 – July 14, 2014 Odometer Reading: 111 miles Miles today: 9 Camped: Muir Trail Ranch Backpacker’s Campground – elevation 7,600 Today’s Key to Success: Hot Springs The muted morning light pulled me from a dream. That, and I had to pee super bad. I prepared myself, blasted 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