Day 16– July 19, 2014 Odometer Reading: 162.4 miles Miles today: 10.4 Camped: Middle Fork of the King’s River near La Conte Canyon – elevation 8,921 Today’s Key to Success: Continuous Forward Movements Aidan wasn’t getting up. I felt cold and a little clammy, but not feverish. I figured 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…
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…