Adventure Blog
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John Muir Trail - Week 3, Part 3 (Days 19-20)
"I hiked by myself for a good portion of the day and it was nice to kinda be solo again. I kept thinking about how I probably wouldn't have made it this far if I was actually on my own for the whole trail. The main topic of conversation after Silver Pass was how each of us were feeling about ending our hike. By now I knew I didn't have another 80 miles in me to get to Yosemite Valley." -
John Muir Trail - Week 3, Part 2 (Days 17-18)
"The trail is hard in that way, you make friends and you may never see them again. But every once in a while you get reunited and it feels magical. We then wondered where Brian and Diane were. Lee was certain they'd show up sometime. "I bet they come over on the ferry today, I know we'll see them here."" -
John Muir Trail Trip Itinerary
I plan to do an in-depth trip report of my 24 day hike in the coming weeks but for those of you who may be planning your own hike into the Sierras ...- 10 Essentials
- 395
- Ansel Adams Wilderness
- backpacking
- Bear Creek
- Bear Ridge
- California
- Crabtree Meadow
- Donohue Pass
- Forester Pass
- Garnet Lake
- gear
- Glen Pass
- Goddard Canyon
- Golden Staircase
- Guitar Lake
- hiking
- Horseshoe Meadow
- Hwy 395
- Independence
- Island Pass
- JMT
- John Muir Trail
- Kearsarge Pass
- Ladies of the JMT
- Lake Edison
- Lake Marjorie
- Lake Virginia
- Le Conte Canyon
- Lone Pine
- Lyell Canyon
- Mammoth
- Marie Lake
- Mather Pass
- McClure Meadow
- Mt Whitney
- Muir Pass
- Muir Trail Ranch
- Nüümü Hu Huupi Lake
- Nüümü Poyo
- Paiute Creek
- Palisade Lakes
- Pinchot Pass
- Rae Lakes
- Reds Meadow Resort
- Sapphire Lake
- Selden Pass
- Shadow Lake
- Sierra Nevada
- Silver Pass
- solo backpacking
- solo hiking
- solo travel
- solo trip
- South Fork Kings River
- suspension bridge
- Thousand Island Lakes
- thru hiking
- Tumanguya
- Tuolumne Meadows
- Vermilion Valley Resort
- VVR
- Wanda Lake
- zero day
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Reflections on the John Muir Trail
Hiking the John Muir Trail has been a dream of mine for years but it wasn't what I thought it would be.- 10 Essentials
- Ansel Adams Wilderness
- backpacking
- Bear Creek
- Bear Ridge
- California
- Crabtree Meadow
- Donohue Pass
- down jacket
- Evolution Valley
- Forester Pass
- Garnet Lake
- Glen Pass
- Goddard Canyon
- Golden Staircase
- Guitar Lake
- hiking
- Horseshoe Meadow
- Hwy 395
- Independence
- Island Pass
- JMT
- JMT training
- John Muir Trail
- Kearsarge Pass
- Ladies of the JMT
- Lake Edison
- Lake Marjorie
- Lake Virginia
- Le Conte Canyon
- Lone Pine
- Lyell Canyon
- Mammoth
- Marie Lake
- Mather Pass
- McClure Meadow
- Middle Fork Kings River
- Mt Whitney
- Nüümü Hu Huupi Lake
- Nüümü Poyo
- Pinchot Pass
- Rae Lakes
- Reds Meadow Resort
- Sapphire Lake
- Selden Pass
- Sierra Nevada
- Silver Pass
- solo backpacking
- solo hiking
- solo travel
- South Fork Kings River
- Thousand Island Lakes
- thru hiking
- trail family
- Tumanguya
- Tuolumne Meadows
- Vermilion Valley Resort
- VVR
- Wanda Lake