Thursday, June 7, 2012

High Sierra In a Photo-Packed Nutshell

Updating from the very cool town of Mammoth Lakes after a few weeks immersed in the most beautiful backcountry I have been in to date.  If there I have a place of worship, places like this are my holy grounds.  If you need a nudge to remind you how incredibly beautiful the Earth is come to the High Sierra and its beauty will punch you in the face.
Enough about that though and more about me. I left Kennedy Meadows, the unofficial start of the Sierra on the PCT, a little bored and tired of the routine nature of thru-hiking.  I tried to make things interesting though the desert by catching my own food one night, making several stops looking around old Native American camps marked by chips of obsidian, and an unscheduled trip to Lake Isabella for cheeseburgers but somehow ended up in the Kernville Brewery three towns away; but I was getting burnt out.

The first couple days out of Kennedy Meadows didn't help much either, the trail is like walking on a beach up hill the whole time. But I finally made it to the High Sierra. I'll let the pictures do the talking for now. I'll be taking a few days off to tear down San Francisco with my brother and will try to fill in the volumes of missing stories on the journey there.







































Well posting this took way to long even with the lack of narrative. Blogging sucks! Hope you guys are enjoying it. I'm off to try a burger challenge (eat it all and its free!)

5 comments:

  1. Gotta know, did you pay for the burger?

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  2. Your pictures are fantastic! Thanks!

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    1. They really are. I've been following some other blogs and these are the best. Keep it up. CA

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  3. I was the gal in the bright pink hat who was providing mobile trail magic with her hiking group up near Porcupine Lake on Friday, 7/27. It was great meeting you and I look forward to your next round of pictures. I also really like that you are wearing Spot and the like tracking is working. Hike on! :)

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