Next Friday, Tracy and I are heading out on the John Muir trail again.  We will be doing 3 different segments that start in Yosemite and end at Mt Whitney.  Between each of the segments, we will spend a couple nights in a hotel so we can eat real food, sleep in a bed, and take a shower.

The first segment will be from Tuolumne meadows to Red’s Meadow.   We will cover about 34 miles over those 3 days.  We will pass through the Ansel Adams Wilderness and see many of the places he made famous from his pictures (Last Year).  The second segment will be from North Lake to South Lake which will take us through Evolution Valley and over Muir Pass (Last Year).   Over 4 days, we will pass through some of the most scenic parts of the trail and cover 55 miles.  The last segment will start at Onion Valley and pass over the top of Mt Whitney, which is the highest point in the continental US.   This will be the most challenging since we will be covering over 50 miles in 3 days and crossing the highest pass on the trail at over 13,200 feet. (Last Year)

We will end our journey at Lone Pine, CA on Sept 11^th.   For those following us – I included a list of places we expect to camp.  Things change due to weather, etc so don’t be alarmed if we always aren’t where we expect to be.  I have also included a link to the SPOT we are carrying.   This will give you an idea of where we are on the trail.  Last year when I hiked, the SPOT worked intermittently so if there is not a maker for a day or so, it is probably acting up again.

If there are any concerns, we’ve set the SPOT up to send help messages to my sister Deb or Tracy’s sister Jennifer.

SPOT LINK – note it will say nothing until we get to California: http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0YfsVsqYnztE903pvnRRquacGb8mqmiqT

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0YfsVsqYnztE903pvnRRquacGb8mqmiqT