Today, we made it over Forester pass, pretty exciting. We did about 19 miles, we just made dinner and setup camp, and it is freezing, we can see our breath.
And it’s (a great day?). I don’t have that much to say. I wish I did. We’re pretty tired and ready for bed. It’s [...]

Hi, it’s Cindy and Andy. We just crawling to our sleeping bags. We are at about 11,000 ft again and let’s see, today we decided that we are not going to climb Mt Whitney. I know its gonna be disappointing to people but mostly we are not going to have enough food [...]

We made it 18 miles yesterday to Springs Lake. It’s beautiful. I can’t even tell you. As far as the desert and the Sierras there is no contest. As ugly as the desert is, it’s just gorgeous here.
It’s a little cold. It got about 30 degrees yesterday. But, when you’re walking during the [...]

Hi, Andy and Cindy , we were just finished up setting camp after out first full day in the high seirra. That was a really good day. We did about 15 miles and we’re camping at 9600 feet. A couple of miles past Death Canyon Creek. We did survive that Canyon Creek and [...]

Good morning from Death Canyon Creek. We made it through the night. There was a little bit of rain, a little bit of hail of little wet. The tent is kinda wet and frigging cold, bags are really wet. But this morning is really sunny and everything is drying up in the sun, Andy [...]

Our time in Wrightwood has almost come to an end. Pizza delivery is on the way and all of the items that have exploded out of our pack and bounce box are slowly being wrangled back into their cages. I’ve just uploaded a bunch of new pics, you can see them here, or click on [...]

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We’re stopped at the water tank and I’m sure I had so much to write about when I sat down. Now that I’m actually here, all I want to do is sit in 8 inches of shades cast off from the giant cement cistern. Two other hikers, Mark and Lloyd, have joined [...]

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I’m tired right now.  But a (good?) tired. A little (punchy?).  A little sore but we’re both in good spirits. The first night was a bitter 36 degrees with 30 mile per hour wind.  The second night, there was frost on the inside of our bivy, a bivy is kind of like [...]