Re: The High Sierra Trail & John Muir Trail In Pictures

I backpacked the High Sierra Trail and the John Muir Trail from August 3rd to August 21st. It was quite the experience as the weather did not fully cooperate. I became intimately familiar with Thunderstorms. Here are some photos........you can see more and more of the photos at: http://calicokat.smugmug.com/Hiking/Sierra-Nevada There are Topo Maps of my entire journey to see as well and some videos at a later time.

I am in the process of blogging about the day to day adventure and if anyone is interersted, it is here: http://calicokat-hstjmt2012.blogspot.com/

Hamilton Lake (Day One)


Precipice Lake (Day Two)


Vista On The Way To Mt. Whitney (Day Four)


Mt. Whitney From Timberline Lake (Day Four)


University Peak & Mt. Bradley From Forester Pass (Day Five)


Bullfrog Lake Reflections (Day Six)


Mt. Brewer & Bullfrog Lake (Day Eight)


Mt. Clarence King (Day Nine)


The Palisades From Mather Pass (Day Ten)


Lower Palisade Lake (Day Ten)


The Black Giant (Day Eleven)


Helen Lake (Day Eleven)


Sunset From McClure Meadow (Day Eleven)


Lake Of The Lone Indian (Day Thirteen)


Camp Vista Supreme (Day Sixteen)


Pre Dawn At Thousand Island Lake (Day Seventeen)


Banner Peak (Day Seventeen)


Black & White Version (Day Seventeen)


Warm Early Morning Light From Half Dome's Summit (Day Nineteen)


Myself On The Summit Of Half Dome w/ JMT/HST 2012 Bandana (Day 19)

Incredible photography and gorgeous scenery. What a trip that must've been.

Wow, what a trip! Thanks for sharing all your photos (including the link to the additional photos). For such a long backpacking trip (19 days) during August in the High Sierra, one must expect to encounter thunderstorms during some parts of the journey. It must have been a pretty awesome adventure!

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What a great trip! I am envious. Did you use AA batteries for your camera? Or charge them with solar?

Banner peak is beautiful. Thanks for posting.

Great pictures, thanks!

Thanks for the beautiful pictures! It looks like an awesome trip. I plan to look at the other pictures at the provided link and your blog.

Insert "jealous" emoticon here.

Lovely photos. Tstorms, for photography, can be as much of a blessing as a curse... (we had only the tiniest bit of rain in 28 days on our 2008 JMT hike.)

Great stuff, both the photos and the blog. Making me feel guilty for not getting my stuff up sooner (it'll happen soon, at least before Chick-on returns and gives me grief about it). Must have passed you somewhere...a note in my diary says that at Mather Pass on August 8 we had a crowd that included "another guy going north"...perhaps you?

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Must have passed you somewhere...a note in my diary says that at Mather Pass on August 8 we had a crowd that included "another guy going north"...perhaps you?

Well, did that guy heading north look like this:



If so, then it was calicokat.

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Yeah, thanks...
I did see the pictures...and didn't recognize the 'kat, hence the question. I got to know a bunch of folks going south as we saw each other from time to time, but the contact with the northbounders was limited and we may not have even seen each other.
And btw rumor has it that you have the answer on the Half Dome (?) picture posted by . True??

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And btw rumor has it that you have the answer on the Half Dome (?) picture posted by . True??

I'm not saying.

I might have the answer, but then, I could be wrong. (Wouldn't be the first time.)

He got no idea.

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Thank you all for your comments, I appreciate them greatly.

My camera uses a lithium ion battery that performed great. I brought two and kept them charged on my zero day in Bishop and again at Reds Meadow.

I wasn't on Mather Pass on August 8th, but I was on Kearsarge

Great Pics! Lone Indian and Banner Peak are pretty awesome!!!

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Great stuff, both the photos and the blog. Making me feel guilty for not getting my stuff up sooner (it'll happen soon, at least before Chick-on returns and gives me grief about it).

FAIL

We goes over Mather Pass twice in the time you farting around!

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SWEET

Tanks for Sharon

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Tanks for Sharon

Great pictures. Thanks for posting.