tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83574823896707990812024-02-20T01:53:11.209-08:00Ordinary Adventure 2013Hiking North on the Pacific Crest TrailGarrett Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00129739891206022043noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357482389670799081.post-47620220753433491622016-04-04T09:49:00.000-07:002016-04-04T09:49:07.889-07:00Selling our Condo<br />
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We left Rutland last Monday after spending the morning resupplying, blogging and packing our bags. Samson figured out that we could take the public bus back to the trail saving us a complicated hitch. While on that public bus, sunny skies turned into a thunderstorm. With freshly dried shoes and clean clothes we were a little more wimpy than usual to start the hike into the muddy, drippy woods. So, instead, we had a giant plate of nachos at the Inn at Long Trail. It was still raining when we finished our nachos. After feeling sorry for ourselves under the inn's porch for a few minutes, we hiked out. <br />
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We got about 3 miles into the hike when Garrett's ankles (which had been sore for several days) began really causing him problems. We decided to turn around and go back to the inn to figure out next steps. Unfortunately, Samson was too far ahead of us on the trail for me to catch him to tell him our plans. With very swollen ankles, we ended up taking a zero day on Tuesday at the Inn for Garrett to ice. We found this book in the inn and read the whole thing out loud to pass the time. <br />
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With the swelling down on Wednesday we hit the trail bright and early. We lightened our loads a little to make the going easier. I think we had over packed on the food our first time out making our bags packed for 6 days very heavy. This time around we figured we could get by with only 5 days of food.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Speaking of food, here we show off our different tastes in wraps. Anna has cheddar and salami and Garrett has his special Nutella Peanut Butter spread.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here we passed the Middlebury ski area.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful Bunchberries in bloom. These tiny flowers are related to the Dogwood tree and grow abundantly in Vermont's alpine zone. Can you see the resemblance?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These days were filled with hard hiking on trail that was steep, rooty and PUDy (pointless ups and downs). Getting to this shelter at the end of a long day was perfect.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We slept in the top shelf of the shelter. Here's Roxie, the dog of another hiker out on the deck.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the top of Mt. Abraham at 6 am. Normally this mountain has 360 views. Not this day.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mad River Glen's iconic single seat chair lift.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steep trail that necessitated iron hand holds. Apparently the Green Mountain Club isn't a big fan of switchbacks.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Neat cave!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Appalachian Gap crossing. Here we hitched a ride a few miles down to the Mad River Glen ski pub where we ate a DELICIOUS hamburger and then hitched back up to the trail. You've probably seen Mad River Glen skiing bumper stickers. They're every where with the iconic "Ski it if you can" logo. It was neat to see that actual place. Here was a variation on the bumper sticker on the sign at the trail crossing. We care.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After a day and night of heavy rain, the rocks became very slippery. Here was a neat cove surrounded by cold, damp boulders.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An obvious place to take the trail.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As promised, Garrett's multi-purpose mouth tool. He was also using the brush to clean our pot after meals, which I thought was just a little weird. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steep, rocky, slippery "trail"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Climbing Camel's Hump. Notice the encroaching cloud? We got .2 from the top of this iconic 4,000 footer when rumbling started. We opted to take the bad weather route, which was also very exposed and crossed the granite treeline around the base of the hump. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Needless to say, we got drenched and came a little close for comfort to some thunder and lightning. Eventually we found a low spot to hide under our ponchos. We'd hiked without our ponchos during the storm because they made it hard to climb over the boulders.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drying out our wet clothes at the Bamforth Ridge Shelter.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the Route 2 crossing, we hitched into Richmond, Vermont.</td></tr>
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We ended this section at mile 180. We'll pick up the last (and hardest) section of the trail in July. We had to come back home for a couple weeks to take care of some details related to our move. Stay tuned !Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357482389670799081.post-1483780921647869492013-06-17T08:12:00.000-07:002013-06-17T08:12:02.045-07:00The Long Trail BeginsHello! <br />
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Garrett and I send our greetings from Rutland, Vermont where we are supplying after finishing the first leg of the Long Trail. Over the last 7 days we have hiked 103 miles from North Adams, MA to Vt Rte 4. The Long Trail is a 270 mile trail running the vertical length of the state of Vermont to its terminus at the Canadian border. The Long Trail is the oldest long-distance trail in the country and so at its naming in 1910, it was indeed a long trail unlike any other. The trail for this first leg as overlapped with the Appalachian Trail, so we got to revisit many familiar sites. It was neat hiking from the opposite direction (we southbounded the AT in 2006) because everything looked a little different. <br />
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Our first four days out were basically a wash with heavy rain or drizzle each day and often all through the night. The trails are steep and muddy which makes for an interesting combination. There are lots of rocks and roots to hop from which is a nice to way to TRY to avoid the mud, but also makes for a hard hike physically and mentally as you think about each step's strategic placement. And then every tenth step you mistake a lump of mud for a rock and bury your foot in suction-cup like thick mud and wonder why you bother placing your steps at all! <br />
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During these first days the trail was crowded with other Long Trailers and AT hikers. Shelter space was at a premium as some hikers stayed for several days at a time in one shelter to avoid hiking in the rain. We were lucky to squeeze into a shelter each night and avoided having to tent in the rain. It's been great to meet lots of hikers and hear everyone's story.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Posed photo mimicking one taken here seven years ago as we hiked south on the AT. The VT/MA border is the beginning of the Long Trail.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Long Trail sign.... and a soggy start!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Overlooking a former beaver pond whose dam must have washed out during Irene. Now it's a green field. Also, it was a little windy!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shelters like these are placed about every 6-8 miles making nice lunch and break points OUT of the rain.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was nice to be with an old friend.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big boulders make the trail fun. I thought this one looked like a sailboat.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the Goddard Shelter. We have a black and white picture of this shelter on our living room wall and when we came up to it unexpectedly, it was a wonderful surprise.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Long Stream......I mean Trail.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bending tree</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sun came out on the fifth day!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The trail overlaps with the Catamount Trail for a bit around Stratton Mountain. The Catamount trail is a X-C ski trail that runs the length of VT (a dream for some winter adventure).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bromely Mt with its spaceship-like lift.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking super-hero-ish as I dry my poncho in Bromley's wind.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We met up with a another Long Trailer and former AT thru-hiker named Samson. We've been hiking with him for the last three days. Here we are crossing a stream where a bridge washed out in Irene.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ah, a sunny lake and a foot-soaking after a long day.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Samson and Garrett enjoying a beautiful shelter at Little Rock Pond.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White Rock Mtn has lots of these stacks of white rocks left by other hikers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just a shot of Garrett filtering our water.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Climbing out of Clarendon Gorge. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There is a lot of Hurricane Irene damage still.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looks like it would make some excellent card-making material for a certain holiday which just passed on Sunday.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here in Rutland at the Twelve Tribes hostel where Garrett is trying to glue together his spork and tooth brush head to make a multi-purpose tool. For pictures of the final product you will have to stay tuned.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Rutland is a great place to stay for a night and we are all resupplied and tanked up for the next leg. We even saw Garrett's college friends Nelson and Molly randomly in town and got to enjoy dinner together last night. <br />
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What better way to get ourselves home than rent a car and see new places and old faces. We rented a car in Carson City after taking a bus from Lone Pine. Out first stop on the trip was in Coleville, California where our friends Tom and Tori live. We hiked with Tom and Tori in 2009 on the PCT. We had sent some packages there for a resupply out of Sonora Pass. It was great to visit with Tom and Tori and their new baby, Kyla. We feel so silly that we didn't take a picture!! Next Stop was Yosemite where we purchased a National Parks Pass and did some sight-seeing and hiking around the falls.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Next stop was Kings Canyon National Park where Garrett's friend Matt from college works with his girlfriend Trina. We did some hiking in the bottom of Kings Canyon.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Matt and Trina also took us to the Grant Grove where we saw General Grant, the world's third biggest tree, a Giant Sequoia. We also climbed through some fallen sequoias that had been hollowed out by fire. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">beautiful big trees in the waning light of the day</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Chris took us by the behind-the-scenes park workshop where he's been restoring some window sash.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reaching Fargo after a 12 hour drive through the northern grasslands. My cousin Elizabeth and her family live in Fargo. Such fun playing with Lydia and Caleb and the balloons!<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.666666984558105px;">Cousins! It was so nice to visit Lib and Greg because they live so far away under normal circumstances.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The next day was a doosy as we drove 14 hours from Fargo to Richmond, Indiana where my brother Christopher and his wife Kate live. Hooray! We had wanted to visit them here in their new town for many months. We enjoyed two nights with them and lots of yummy food. Here we are on the campus of Earlham eating beef tongue tacos.</td></tr>
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Garrett's parents met us at the Binghamton Airport last night where we returned our rental car after approximately 4,000 miles of driving. We're home now preparing for the Long Trail this weekend!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357482389670799081.post-2044471885885988052013-06-05T19:13:00.000-07:002013-06-05T19:13:56.153-07:00Changing plansHello everyone! <br />
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It's been a while since we update the blog. For a variety of reasons we have decided to head back east to finish out the summer hiking in the northeast. Despite a "low snow year" in the high Sierra, being early in the season still presented an ample amount of snowy passes and a light tread cut across the chutes. In climbing Whitney we got our first taste of this and I (Anna) realized how incredibly skiddish and anxious the ice/snow crossings make me at high elevation. It was humbling and I have so much respect for all of the hikers who do these pass crossings in tough conditions every year. <br />
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We considered skipping to Donner Pass to hike in northern California, but this would have meant being several weeks ahead of even the early hikers and spending a relatively solitary summer. We decided that we would have the most enjoyable time off if we came back to our "home" mountains and spent June and July doing some of the long-hikes we've always wanted to do.<br />
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That said, we're hoping to head out to the Long Trail in Vermont this June and maybe do some High Peaks in the Adirondacks this July. We'd love company at any point, if you live nearby and want to escape for a weekend.<br />
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It is difficult for me to leave behind a plan that we had so elaborately put in place. We had put a lot of effort into getting ourselves out to the West Coast and taking this two and half month break in our lives. It's also freeing, though, to allow ourselves to do what feels best, despite original plans and schemes. We are still very blessed to have this summer to spend time together and we look forward to doing a lot more hiking! Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357482389670799081.post-69335867165581686902013-05-29T11:13:00.002-07:002013-05-29T11:13:38.103-07:00Horseshoe Meadow to Whitney Portal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On Tuesday Patches and Garrett hiked into Horseshoe Meadow where Patches' friend Moonbilly was waiting with a car. Patches and Moonbilly are both from Seattle and they were planning to hike the John Muir Trail together (the PCT through the High Sierra). Moonbilly drove them back to KM to pick up a package at the general store that hadn't arrived earlier and me. We all then drove back to Lone Pine (where the road from Horseshoe Meadow comes out). In Lone Pine Patches went to the doctor to check out a hurting foot. Turns out that foot actually had a broken bone on the top! He had just hiked 50 miles on a broken foot. Consequently, Patches had to abandon his thru-hike attempt. We decided to continue on with Moonbilly for a short section to test out my foot and see the snow conditions. We set out from Horseshoe Meadow headed for Whitney Portal, a 41 mile section.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After climbing up from Horseshoe Meadow, we look back down at it from Cottonwood Pass.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Camping at Rock Creek with Maverick, Moonbilly, Garrett. Great camping spot. We were a crew of 10 or so by the time everyone got there.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We got sufficiently scared into gearing up for this leg with ice axes and micro-spikes (slip-on crampons). I found my ice ax used at a sporting goods shop in Lone Pine and Garrett borrowed Patches'. No snow yet in this picture, but we are making our way toward Whitney.<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And there's Whitney, up there somewhere. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We camped for the night at Guitar Lake, a beautiful spot at the base of Mt. Whitney. When we got there we were greeted by six Golden Trout that Maverick had caught. We got to Guitar Lake early enough in the day to enjoy the scenery... and the fish.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Golden Trout eggs</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Guitar lake</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">mmmm, fresh fish</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Still thinking of our cold, tent-less night we scouted out this rock cave for our shelter at Guitar lake.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was super cozy and out of the wind.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tom from Kennedy Meadows wants this alpaca Spongebob to go all the way to Canada with different hikers. I have it for this leg.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More fishing at the base of the lake.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another thru-hiker and his adorable dog, Kia, looking up at Whitney.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our ascent up Whitney the next day began with 29 degree temps and a 3000 foot climb across switchbacks on the ridge pictured behind Garrett a few back.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was slow moving at the high altitudes, but we plodded along.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of Guitar Lake from near the top... look how tiny!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking back at the trail we've just switchbacked up.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The top of Whitney.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There were several of these snow fields that we had to cross. This one was rather textured and only moderately sloped. The scarier ones didn't get photographed because we had other things on our minds.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So after reaching the submit (which is behind me), we came back down the trail to find one of my pink crocs on a rock after it had fallen out of my pack.</td></tr>
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Most PCT hikers would continue back down the trail to Guitar Lake and rejoin the trail. We had decided to go out the other side of the mountain to Whitney Portal in an effort to by-pass Forester Pass, which by all accounts was rather imPassable. The Portal side of Whitney is an 11 mile, 6,000 ft descent with 99 switchbacks in the first two miles.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This part of the descent was flooded with snow and a sketchy cable system.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moonbilly and I put on our micro-spikes for this portion.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking back up at Whitney. We crossed the snow chute stretching to the top left near its top. We opted to not take the "sledding" route which dropped about 1,500 feet straight. down.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The rest of the descent to the Portal was very pleasant with trees, meadows and waterfalls.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back in Lone Pine where the Portal road ends. Mt. Whitney overlooks this quaint town.</td></tr>
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Garrett hiked out from Kennedy Meadows with another hiker named Patches, from Seattle, while I stayed in KM to let my foot heal. They hiked the 50 mile stretch from KM to Horseshoe Meadows where a friend was scheduled to meet Patches and hike the JMT with him. Here are a few pictures from their hike. You can see the desert landscape beginning to change into high country.<br />
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Adaptability is the name of this game so far. After hiking into Kennedy Meadows with a sore foot on Friday, we took two days off to let it recover. By Monday it was still very sore, so we decided that Garrett should hike on for the next 50 mile leg without me and I could stay at Tom's hostel (aka the "Cyber Cafe"- because it's the only place on the mountain with interwebs) to recover for a few more days. Tom's place is great. Every hiker or couple of hikers gets their own vintage camper to stay in. This was ours.</div>
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On Monday morning I headed down the hill with Tom to Ridgecrest, a 1.5 hour drive down a harrowing hill. It's the closest town and Tom needed to go grocery shopping and I visited a clinic to get my foot checked out. The doctor ruled out a trip-ending stress fracture (hallelujah!) but said it was a "soft tissue injury." This is good news, though. A pulled or strained muscle or tendon will heal much faster than a bone injury. I enjoyed the next two days hanging out with new friends who would come to stay at Tom's for a zero or a double zero day. Great people!<br />
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Today Garrett is returning from Lone Pine with Patches, another hiker, who has a ride back to KM to pick up a package. It works out well for us and I'm feeling well enough to go and join Garrett now. I can walk without a limp and with a little Vitamin-I the pain is tolerable. I'm thankful that this is a great journey, no matter how fast or slow we go. <br />
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We're headed into the Sierras now where we will have bear cans, 7 days of food and crossing some amazing landscapes! Headed now to VVR.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357482389670799081.post-47035040925116192732013-05-18T07:47:00.000-07:002013-05-18T07:47:12.562-07:00Walker Pass to Kennedy MeadowsWe had a successful day of travel on Wednesday beginning at 3:30 am when we left our house and making it through three connections to land in Bakersfield where Russ, a friendly trail angel, met us. Russ took us to a sports store where Garrett bought a small pocket knife and I bought a mosquito head net. We stopped by the long-awaited In-N-Out burger joint on our way out of town and got to Walker Pass by 6:30 pm. We said goodbye to Russ and hiked up the two mile ascent to the top of the ridge above the pass. A beautiful sunset awaited us and we put up our tent and slept well after a very. long. day. <div>
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We hiked the 50ish miles into Kennedy Meadows and arrived Friday afternoon in time to get our resupply box from the general store before they closed at 5. We're staying at Tom's hostel here in this small mountain town where everything runs on solar, including the computer and internet router from which I send this. Weather has been excellent with cool, breezy days and a fair amount of cloud cover. The terrain was up and down and very much still desert-y. We both have sore feet and ankles from all the sandbox walking.</div>
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It's been busy here around the homeplace as we, among other things, box up 18 mail drops. This time around we are resupplying predominantly with mail to save time in town (and to avoid going IN to town at places where small inns/campgrounds along the trail accept packages). </div>
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We made shopping trips to BJs for bulk quantities of cracker packets, nuts, cliff bars and other snacks and gathered up some dinner type things from other various stores. Our dinners will be either mashed potatoes, Ramen, Lipton rice/noodle sides, stuffing, or - the new addition this year: Mac and Cheese! (this is very exciting.....and heavy).</div>
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We've spent several weekends repacking all this food into ziplocks and portioning out each day's food. Our guidelines are roughly:</div>
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Our 18 mail drops. They each range between 2-8 days. Most are 4-5. </div>
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142 miles logged in April in the run up to May 14th.</div>
Garrett Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00129739891206022043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357482389670799081.post-58549210371457114952013-04-23T19:48:00.001-07:002013-04-23T20:07:26.129-07:00More walking, before more walking<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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As a new years resolution I had decided to keep track of the miles walked daily, not including walking around during the day to get from the car to the office or around town, just recreational miles. This is what I came up with to keep track:</div>
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The first three months were relatively similar, and the miles walked probably most closely correlated to the weather. But this month the miles are accumulating faster and it all started on Saturday April 6th when we went out on a 12 mile hike on the Finger Lakes Trail and came up with the idea that we might be able to hike the PCT this summer. This idea has become a goal and since setting the goal, I've been more motivated to get out for a walk as a way to physically and mentally prepare for the trip. With another week left in the month, I'm looking forward to seeing how many miles tick away.<br />
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On May 10th we flew from Richmond to San Diego and arrived that evening at the southern end of the Pacific Crest Trail. </div>
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We learned the scarcity of water in the Southern California Deserts and appreciated water caches provided by kind people known as trail angels.<br />
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We were lucky enough to meet great people and make some friends along the way.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bamboo Bob, Papa Smurf & Buster</td></tr>
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There were a handful of interesting wildlife encounters (sorry, wasn't fast enough to get a picture of the three bears in the middle of the desert)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots of small lizards</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not as many, but more than enough Rattlesnakes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and an occasional California Mountain Cow</td></tr>
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We were able to see some novel scenery for a couple of East Coasters<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Barren high desert</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trail cut into steep rock slides high in the San Jacinto Mtns.</td></tr>
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After her bicycle accident in Aqua Dulce (PCT Mile 454), we took two weeks off staying at the Saufley's and then hiked another 200 miles while Anna "recovered" with two broken ribs and a broken wrist. At Walker Pass (PCT Mile 653) we decided to skip the High Sierra section known for being the most remote and challenging section to reduce some of the risk of continuing to hike while recuperating. Ultimately Anna wasn't able to heal after we skipped up to Northern CA and she re-broke at least one of the two ribs while on trail ending the trip in 2009 near Lake Tahoe.<br />
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So... we'll pick up at Walker Pass this year and do our best to make it to Canada at a 26 miles/day pace, a bit faster than previous trips, but however far we get will be a lot closer to completion of the trail.<br />
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Looking forward to what is in store this summer, and hope you'll become a follower of this blog.<br />
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