7/31/2018 Duck Pass –> Silver Pass Lake I woke up pretty early and started on up the trail. There was a big uphill right at the beginning of my day, which was kinda rough but it was nice to get it over with before the sun came out too much. (although as I said before,…
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JMT Day 5: A Wrong Turn and Some Extra Miles
7/29/2018 Rush Creek –> Gladys Lake The night passed uneventfully. I woke up really early and had a quick no-cook breakfast of Cheerios and an energy bar. Jeff wasn’t awake and I packed up my campsite pretty quickly and left. To add to the list of “things that suck about being a solo female hiker”…
JMT Day 4: My First Real Pass. Can’t Turn Back Now!
7/28/2018 Lyell Canyon –> Rush Creek I woke up a bit early, I had some weird dreams that left me feeling pretty uncomfortable and homesick so I tried to go back to sleep and reset the beginning of my day. Apparently it worked, because I didn’t wake up again until eight. I felt a bit…
JMT Day 3: Ouch. aka: Winnie the Pooh and the Very Blistery Day
7/27/2018 Sunrise Camp –> Lyell Canyon I woke up and packed up camp early. I knew I had to get up past Tuolumne Meadows today in order to stay on schedule and get closer to where I was ‘supposed’ to be. I set an alarm for 5am, but I woke up at 4am and decided…
JMT Day 2: In Which I Forget How to Communicate With Humans
7/26/2018 Little Yosemite Valley –> Sunrise Camp Today was pretty tough. Except for breakfast. Breakfast was awesome. I woke up early but didn’t feel like going quite yet, plus I still had to refill my water. I walked down to the river with some Cheerios/powdered milk and a powdered chocolate protein shake. I sat down…
Pepper Hikes 