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072404_CA_backpack01
072404 CA backpack01
Um, no we don't have car trouble....we are just cooking food on the manifold cover. There's nothing like the taste of road cooked steaks on a car manifold. Just make sure the bailing wire is on tight. Cooked this on HW 168 on ...
Date: 02/25/2005
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072404_CA_backpack02
072404 CA backpack02
Testing out the meat.
Date: 02/25/2005
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072404 CA backpack03
The finished product. I almost feel guilty at eating somthing this good before a roughing it backpacking trip...... well almost.
Date: 02/25/2005
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072404 CA backpack04
Look of pure delight from Mike and my cousin John.
Date: 02/25/2005
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072404 CA backpack05
Date: 02/25/2005
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072404 CA backpack06c
Silhouette of John with a lake and moon in the background.Some artistic license with this one because the original was too grainy.
Date: 02/25/2005
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072404_CA_backpack07
072404 CA backpack07
Day 1: at our car campsite packing up before the fun begins.
Date: 02/25/2005
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072404 CA backpack08
John eating some Pluots (thanks Aunt Linda) before having to rely on dried food for the next few days. Crossing the ~5 mile Thomas Edison Lake on a ferry.
Date: 02/25/2005
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072404_CA_backpack09
072404 CA backpack09
Mike wishing he could have brought his new bass trombone along.
Date: 02/25/2005
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072404 CA backpack10
Getting organized after the ferry ride. It was a rushed morning because the Ranger Station opens up realistically too late to get a pass the day of.
Date: 02/25/2005
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072404_CA_backpack11
072404 CA backpack11
A section on our backpack was actually a part of the John Muir Wilderness trail that connects Yosemite to Mt. Whitney. We met quite a few hikers doing this epic ~210 mile journey. One lady was attempting it solo in a mind...
Date: 02/25/2005
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072404_CA_backpack12
072404 CA backpack12
Taking a break to soak up the view.
Date: 02/25/2005
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072404_CA_backpack13
072404 CA backpack13
Ah yes, another break. We had some serious elevation gain on the first day, so plenty of pit stops. This just happened to be an extended one. Also allowed a mule pack train to get down the trail.
Date: 02/25/2005
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072404 CA backpack14
Mike and some shear mountain faces.
Date: 02/25/2005
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072404 CA backpack15
Pocket Meadow, about half way there as far as elevation and about 1500 ft to go.
Date: 02/25/2005
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072404 CA backpack16
John and myself at Pocket Meadow, proof positive that I was indeed on this backpack.
Date: 02/25/2005
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072404 CA backpack17
Found our campsite at Silver Pass Lake. Now that was a hard day. About 3000 ft elevation difference over ~7 miles makes for a tough day, especially when you start at 7500 ft and drive up essentially from sea level. And this is...
Date: 02/25/2005
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072404 CA backpack18
Day 2: a view of Silver Pass Lake as we start our climb north. We were camped on the south side.
Date: 02/25/2005
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072404 CA backpack19
John and Mike with Silver Pass Lake in the background.
Date: 02/25/2005
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072404_CA_backpack_pana
072404 CA backpack pana
Panorama coming down off of Silver Pass, with Warrior lake off to the right. John and Mike are on the trail to the left.
Date: 02/25/2005
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072404 CA backpack20
A small watering hole with Mike off to the side. I think Goodale Pass is in the background.
Date: 02/25/2005
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072404_CA_backpack21
072404 CA backpack21
Coming down off of Silver Pass, Warrior Lake is in the background
Date: 02/25/2005
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072404 CA backpack22
Passing by Chief Lake, boy there is a lot of water out here. quite a difference from Tucson.
Date: 02/25/2005
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072404 CA backpack23
Mike maneuvering across a log.
Date: 02/25/2005
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072404 CA backpack24
John, Mike and I with Lake of the Lone Indian, our destination for the day, in the distance.
Date: 02/25/2005
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072404 CA backpack25
View north of Lake of the Lone Indian
Date: 02/25/2005
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072404_CA_backpack_LoneIndianLakePana
072404 CA backpack LoneIndianLakePana
Panorama of Lake of the Lone Indian. Our camp site is about the middle of the photo in front of a grouping of trees. If you look closely, you will see John with his red shirt out in the open. Mike is also...
Date: 02/25/2005
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072404 CA backpack26
Lake of the Lone Indian from the north side. Our camp site is in the cluster of trees about in the middle of the photo.
Date: 02/25/2005
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072404 CA backpack31
Mike, Jeff and John around a rip, roaring campfire. Amazing what pine needles will do. Lake of the Lone Indian in the background.
Date: 02/25/2005
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072404 CA backpack32
Day 3: Just waking up at Lake of the Lone Indian. A view of our destination, Goodale Pass and a fairly "small" 800 ft climb.
Date: 02/25/2005
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072404 CA backpack33
Sign post for Goodale Pass, and the nice climb ahead.
Date: 02/25/2005
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072404 CA backpack34
View of Lake of the Lone Indian. It's amazing how fast we got this high, pretty steep trail.
Date: 02/25/2005
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072404 CA backpack35
Almost at the top....or at least you think. :)
Date: 02/25/2005
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072404 CA backpack36
Mike on top of a boulder on Goodale Pass. We did some bouldering to pass the time.
Date: 02/25/2005
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072404 CA backpack37
John off in the distance on Goodale Pass.
Date: 02/25/2005
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072404 CA backpack38
Coming down Goodale Pass, if you look closely you can see the rock walls that make up the short switchbacks up the mountain.
Date: 02/25/2005
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072404 CA backpack39
A neat view of a meadow with John off to the right.
Date: 02/25/2005
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072404 CA backpack40
Mike after investigating a wierd boulder.
Date: 02/25/2005
Views: 159
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072404 CA backpack41
Jeff chilling out on a boulder.
Date: 02/25/2005
Views: 154
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072404_CA_backpack42
072404 CA backpack42
Mike off in the distance.
Date: 02/25/2005
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