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Just got back from a two-day backpack in Yosemite National Park that included climbing Half Dome and Clouds Rest. Also had my first bear encounter; luckily the bear, my food and I all escaped unscathed :-)
It is so dry in the Sierra this year. I worry that Global Warming is predicted to make California drier in forthcoming years ..
Anyway, pix from the trip here
I took my first couple of days off this year for a 4 day, 90 mile backpacking trip through the high country of Yosemite and the Ansel Adams Wilderness in the Central Sierra. A grueling trip through splendor and sunny weather ... and a much-needed exploration of the beauties of nature and the limits of my endurance.
The high point of the trip, geographically speaking, was climbing Koip Peak Pass on the first day, at 12,240' the second highest pass in the Sierra (after Forrester Pass at 13,180'). But each day brought its own glories, including glittering lakes, towering mountains, pleasant meadows and rushing streams.
Pix here ...
