Spent a zero day Tuesday in a small, lovely little town, Lone Pine, CA. This is a place known for the Alabama Hills, where many western movies have been made. It is also a town nestled between the Inyo Mountain Range and the Eastern Sierra Mountain range. From our hotel you can look right at Mt. Whitney and the other high peaks of the Sierras. The temperature in Lone Pine yesterday was 100 deg but up on the mountain it was cold enough to freeze my shoes when I woke up on Monday morning. Quite a contrast.
Plan to get on the trail today (Weds., May 11). I'll be hiking on the John Muir Trail which parrallels the PCT for 200 or more miles. It will take me all day to reach the actual PCT because I'll be doing 9 miles on the Kearsarge trail just to reach the trail north. Also, the elevation we'll be climbing over is 11,760 ft.
Keep hiking,
Greybeard
5 comments:
Hey Carl!
This is Pam (Pierce) Jones and I've been following your hike via your blog.
Don, Cameron and I will be vacationing in CA, OR and WA beginning June 24. We're flying in to San Jose and then renting a car to make the drive up to Seattle and back.
It would be awesome if we could meet up with you and Shirley somewhere along the way! Here's our stopover schedule:
June 24, Fortuna, CA
June 25-26, North Bend, OR
June 27-28, Vancouver, WA
June 29-30, July 1, Seattle, WA
July 2, Keizer, OR
July 3, Phoenix, OR
July 4, Anderson, CA
July 5-8, Hayward, CA (Oakland area)
Will we be anywhere close to you on any of those dates?? We'd love to see you both!
My email address is senecajo@yahoo.com. Let me know!
Pam
Hi Carl, it's still hard or me to imagine snow and heat at the same time. The pictures are beautiful! Been following you with the co-ordinates. It must be a fantastic sight from MT Whitney.
Happy fathers Day Carl, God Bless you and your wonderful family
Hi, keep up hiking and taking pictures...can't wait to see them all! So far your hike is soooo neat to me.
Greybeard, you are an inspiration! I'm only 50 and plan on thru hiking in 2010. I look forward to reading more from you as you continue. Stay well!
Keith in SD
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