I'm at a hotel in Bishop and the interwebs are flowing smoothly. Text post tomorrow AM sometime but here's the important stuff:
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| Start of the Sierras! |
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| More burned areas but at least there's water within every 10 miles! |
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| Bridge over the South Fork of the Kern river. |
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| Trees with mountains on the way! |
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| These trees look old, huge trunks and tiny branches. |
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| Goodbye desert! |
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| ...a little oxygen deprived at 10,500 feet. I swear I'm not high Mom. |
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| Icy spring water makes hikers happy! |
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| Chicken Spring Lake, the photos do no justice. |
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| Mount Guyot I believe. |
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| Heading down to Crabtree Meadow, near Mount Whitney. We hiked to/over that cliff in the background. |
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| Our campsite at lower Crabtree Meadow. |
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| Definitely the most scenic place I've slept. |
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| Friendly marmots. |
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| In front of a lake headed toward Mount Whitney. We left our camp set up and carried almost empty packs to the top. |
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| The trail goes up and over that rock wall through a maze of steep winding switchbacks. |
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| View from ~13,000 feet on the way to Whitney. |
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| A little snow never hurt anyone. |
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| View from the top! |
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| Looking down Whitney, 14,505 feet! |
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| 1 PM and I was COLD |
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| View looking up on the way down. |
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| Everything was breathtaking, including the altitude. |
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| There are several gaps between mountains with sheer dropoffs like this on the way up. |
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| Another gap. |
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| Not today! |
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| Leaving Whitney. |
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| Heading toward Forester Pass (13,500 feet). |
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| Just keep your head down and keep walking. |
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| Amazing views. |
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| Almost at the top of Forester, it's that notch up there. |
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| On the other side! |
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| Kings Canyon National Park! |
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| Trail magic at Videte Meadow! I'm now carrying that Sheriffs hat! |
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| Sheriff Marmot on duty! WHERES YOUR PERMIT?!? |
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| Heading towards Kearsarge Pass (11,700 ft) for resupply. |
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| Top of Kearsarge! |
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