15 August 2022 Tarns above Guitar Lake to Whitney Portal (14 miles, +2,900/-6,500 feet). Well it happened again! Half Cookie’s sleeping pad deflated last night, just like it did on our last trip. So I offered to swap with her to keep her warm. My body temperature was fine, but the ground was quite hard…
Category: John Muir
Day 15: Back to the JMT
8 August 2022 Bishop Pass Trail to Lake 10742 (8 miles, +2,400/-1,400 feet). Two summers ago, Ultrashuffle and some other friends joined Half Cookie and me to hike about 2/3 of the John Muir Trail, starting at South Lake and ending in Yosemite. Well, today, Ultrashuffle, Half Cookie, and I finally have a chance to…
Guppy Pass
3 August 2022 Trail Lake to Mosquito Flat (5 miles, +1,000/-1,900 feet). Well, I’d like to say that I was so tired last night that I was able to sleep padless on the soggy, stoney slope that we moved our tent to. But not so much. This morning everyone was happy but tired. One more…
There and Back Again
2 August 2022 Ruby Lake to Fourth Recess Lake to Trail Lakes(8 miles, +2,200/-2,100 feet). It was cold and damp last night. But that wasn’t the worst thing. Half Cookie’s sleeping pad started deflating early on and I volunteered to give her mine because cold affects her a lot more than it does me. It…
Into the Monsoon
1 August 2022 Mosquito Flat Trailhead to Ruby Lake (2 miles, + 1,000/-0 feet). This is the first trip Half Cookie and I planned with Double Down and Guppy. And boy did we pick a good date to start! We were originally supposed to drive up from San Diego to do a hike out of…
Back to Bishop
17-22 December 2021 Several trails in Inyo National Forest (15 miles, +3,000/-3,000 feet). For the past few weeks, Half Cookie and I talked about getting away before the holiday break to do some day hikes in the Sierra. We both love Bishop, and I was eager to return to the place where I ended my…
Day 8: Down, down, down to Reds Meadow
26 July 2020 Duck Lake Outlet to Reds Meadow (11.4 miles, +700/-3,100 feet). Today was pretty and the trail was really nice and flat and duffy with beautiful views across the Fish Creek and Middle Fork San Joaquin Valleys. But mostly today was about FOOD! And SHOWERS! We awoke to a purply glow in the…
Day 7: Virginia, Purple, and Duck
25 July 2020 Fish Creek to Duck Lake Outlet (6.5 miles, +1,900/-1,400 feet). As of today we were about 7 miles ahead of our planned itinerary, so we decided to slow down to enjoy a series of lakes today and then set up to arrive at Reds Meadow tomorrow afternoon. We had another cozy fire…
Day 6: Hail on Fish Creek
24 July 2020 North Fork Mono Creek over Silver Pass to Fish Creek (10 miles, +3,500/-1,900 feet). Today was all about the weather. The main goal was to get up and over Silver Pass before the monsoon thunderstorms, but it was a little tough to leave our warm and cozy campsite. But eventually we got going….
The JimmyJam Hiking Club 