Today we traveled: 12.2miles. 2703ft elevation gain 2044ft elevation loss.
JMT mile marker: 205.7mile.
No rain last night and I stayed warm wearing my puffy jacket in my sleeping bag. We waited till the sun warmed us up to get out of the tent and we got ready to hike. Today is what we call “an easy day” but somehow these easy days never turn easy. It means we are not climbing a big pass or going downhill for hours. It means we are going relatively flat which isn’t a word we use around here.
We cruise through the first 9miles. We spot a coyote and I think a lot about what this
journey has taught me. The last 3miles are uphill - the start of the climb to Guitar lake and Mt. Whitney. We pass a beautiful meadow and a lake and meet a ranger that stop us and asks about where we’re coming from and to our plans. We have a nice chat and she makes sure we have our WAG bags with us. We told her we have not just one but 4, just in case. (Wag bags are like a human poop bag. It’s basically a litter box in a bag. They usually got one big bag with the observant powder where you pop in, another bag that you would place the first bag in and zip close, some toilet paper and a wipe to clean your hands if you need it.)
We got a tip about staying in Guitar lake from a hiker back in Independence - don’t stay at guitar lake! Ha. It turns into somewhat of a refugee camp each night so they advise us to camp a bit farther which turned out to be such a great tip. We were by ourselves and had a beautiful small lake next to our tent - overlooking guitar lake.
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| Our tent above guitar lake |
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| Mt. Whitney and our tent |
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| Last night in a tent?! Our favorite pass time: looking at the map and calculating miles we need to go the following day |
It rains on and off even tho there’s no rain in the forecast. We really hope it doesn’t mean anything and that we will be able to summit tomorrow. Our plan is to go to bed early and wake up and climb!! Yifat
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