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
