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John Muir Trail II
The John Muir Trail begins at Happy Isles in Yosemite Valley and ends at the summit of Mt. Whitney, the highest peak in the continental U.S., 211 miles away. Steve and Lopez hiked the length of the JMT in 2002. I met them near Charlotte Lake, and we completed the final 60 miles together. In […]
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Alabama Hills
This is a photography trip that I’ve been wanting to do for a long time. I typically spend a few days snowboarding in Mammoth each winter, and it always kills me to drive past the scenic Alabama Hills without stopping for a visit. This time, we took two cars and after a weekend of boarding, […]
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Cottonwood Lakes
This trip ended a bit unexpectedly, but was fun nonetheless. The Cottonwood Lakes loop is a well-traveled trail that meanders through three different park systems in the Sierra Nevada. We planned on hiking into the namesake lakes to acclimate for a couple of days, and then summit nearby Mt. Langley (the southernmost peak over 14,000 […]