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SECTION ONE: LAKE TAHOE TO LAKE ALPINE

Tahoe Trailhead in Winter: I'm not leaving you here

The winter Wonderland and the Crystal Wonderland

Snow Camp Al: Carved to my shape

Snow Trip: Falling through Ice on Round Lake

Mosquito Girl

The blizzard Fury leaves three feet of powder: Three hours per mile

Two Days of Hell: Out of Shape

Two Days of Hell: East Wind and a thin bag on Round Top

Camp Irene Smashed

 

SECTION TWO: LAKE ALPINE TO SONORA PASS

Boy Scouts Good and Bad

Dive Bomber at Twin Lakes,

Then Beers and a Steak

Golden Gate Road: "I have to Leave you Here"

Golden Gate Road: Vic Gives me a ride to the snow line

Bob, "The Walking Dude," and Walker, Ca

Hunters at Little Antelope Pack Station

Bear at Silver King

tWO yEAR fAILED fOOD lINE

Bear at Hunter's Camp

The Burning Bush

 

SECTION THREE: SONORA PASS TO T-MEADOWS

Hanging with Al, (Sue?) and Buck at Kennedy Meadow: Clones Everywhere!

The two-day Howling Wind

Spring in High Emigrant Meadow: The Mosquito Engine of Life

Chipmonks Dancing on my leg

Why Pack extra food? Scrambling High Emigrant Meadow

Bear Runs By

Winter: Leavitt Peak Loop

Summer: Down the Western Slope from Griz Peak Lake

Hawks at Play

Wilmer Lake: one pissed off trout

Hopping rats and the Animal highway

Trail Crew at Benson in Late Fall

Food Canister Bear Soccer

Bear Tech

The Rangers of Matterhorn: Built the fence after the horse ran away

Afternoon ThunderStorm: Sad Campers miss the Beauty

Glen Aulin High Sierra Camp

 

SECTION FOUR: t-MEADOWS TO RED'S MEADOW

T-Meadows: The World at 8,000 feet

Afternoon ThunderStorm: Royal Robins to the Rescue on Lembert Dome

Climber's Fun: Scaring the Hell out of Al on Lembert Dome

Climber's Fun: Banging Al off Golf Course

climber's fun: walking the tree

Climber's Fun: Down to the Valley

%#@ Bear at No name Lake

Night Hike to Red's

 

SECTION FIVE: RED'S MEADOW TO VERMILLION VALLEY

Resupply at Mammoth Lakes!

cowboy holiday at Fish Creek

Fish Creek: The family that Didn't Know where they were

Fish Creek: Mushroom man at Ida Bell Hot Springs

Vermillion Valley: You need food more than I need money

 

 

SECTION SIX: VERMILLION VALLEY TO MUIR RANCH

Vermillion Valley: Hiker Disneyland

Vermillion Valley: "The Walking Wounded"

Outward Bound Team Members

an evening at Selden Pass: fish feed, a walking stick, and a coyote reunion

 

 

SECTION SEVEN: MUIR RANCH TO MOUNT WHITNEY

I need food more than anything else

Too much food to walk

amazing yuppie camp in evolution meadow

Evolution Basin: Dome Scramble, then Peak 12,900: I'm Scared as Hell

The Chick with Two Packs

Goat Packers

The French Idiot

Power Bar BreadCrumbs lead to an LA idiot

Kum-by-ah with the Sierra Club

End the LA Traffic Jam: Blow up the East Side of the Whitney Trail

Hitchhiking Back: Burger Guy and a Speed Freak Holiday

Hitchhiking Back: The Long-Distance Laborer

Driving Back: the mini-hitchhikers

 

I can't stop eating, re-meeting The Girls

 

 

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