JMT – Day 5 – Garnet Lake to Red’s Meadow
August 7, 2014 What a beautiful morning I keep thinking as we break from the comfort of our warm sleeping bags and crawl outside the tent where the first morning lights welcomes us.… Continue reading
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Easy Chili
2 servings 1 Cup Dehydrated Beans 1.25 Cups Instant Rice 1 Cup Dehydrated Beef (appr. 1 lb fresh) 1/2 Cup Sun Dried Tomatoes 2 TBS Dried Onion 1 TBS Chili Powder 1/2… Continue reading
Mammut White Rose Boots
First of all let me tell you that I am absolutely thrilled with the comfort and stability these boots provide. I took them out of the box and off I went for a… Continue reading
JMT – Day 4 – Lyell Canyon to Garnet Lake
August 6, 2014 There is no time for a warm up. The trail starts climbing out off the Lyell Canyon right away and the grade gives our calves a workout. It does not… Continue reading
JMT – Day 3 – Lower Cathedral Lake to Lyell Canyon
August 5, 2014 Will the weather ever give us a break, we wonder as we sit on picnic tables in front of Tuolumne Post office sorting our resupplies. We are not alone in… Continue reading
JMT – Day 2 – LYV to Lower Cathedral Lake
August 4, 2014 Everything is damp, including my spirit, and my fingers are freezing. The sky is once again gray. This is not what I imagined waking up to on the first morning… Continue reading
JMT – Day 1 – Happy Isles to LYV
August 3, 2014 Here we are at Happy Isles. The trailhead sign marks our destination 211 miles away. It’s early in the morning and I don’t expect many people on the trail at… Continue reading
JMT – Lee Vining to Yosemite Valley
August 2, 2014 There are three shuttles that run to Yosemite every day; however only one of them go all the way to Yosemite Valley. The remaining two terminate at Tuolumne Meadows. So… Continue reading
JMT – Seattle to Lee Vining
August 1, 2014 The thought of another thru hike was lingering on our minds for quite a while. Ever since we completed the 93 miles Wonderland Loop in August of 2012 we had our… Continue reading
Big Agnes Fly Creek UL 3
We took this tent on a variety of trips in the Cascades and recently also on a three-week long thru-hike of the John Muir trail. During these adventures we encountered large variety of… Continue reading