Day 61: Bishop

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21. June  0 miles  A typical day in town....    Ein typischer Tag in der Stadt...  

Day 60: Out over Kearsarge Pass

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20. June    Camp after Forester Pass (782.5) to Bullfrog Lake Trail (787.7)    5.2 miles + 7.5 miles side trail      We got up early in the morning and descended into a wonderful valley towards Kearsarge Pass.…

Day 59: Forester Pass

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19. June    Camp near Crabtree Ranger Station (766.8) to Camp after Forester Pass (782.5)    15.7 miles    We left camp around 8 am. We didn't know at that time if we would do Forester Pass or not. Normally it's…

Day 58: Mt. Whitney

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18. June    Whitney Detour - 16 miles    I was wrong yesterday. I didn't start the day with wet shoes. I started with frozen shoes!    It was four at night when I put on an additional layer of clothes. It was way…

Day 57: Preparing for Whitney

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17. June    Chicken Spring Lake (751.0) to camp near Crabtree Ranger Station (766.8)    15.8 miles + 1.2 miles sidetrail    The start of the day was a small climb up to some nice views of Chicken Spring Lake.  The…

Day 56: Chicken Spring Lake

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16. June    High Camp (736.4) to Chicken Spring Lake (751.0)    14.6 miles    We decided to have a sleep in until seven. I thought the sun would shine on my tent in the morning. When I woke up it seemed quite dark…

Day 55: Beautiful Sierra

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15. June    Mountain camp (721.7) to High Camp (736.4)    14.7 miles    Same as the day before I was half awake at night. There was no bear but in the middle of the night some kind of small animal rattled at my…

Day 54: Climbing

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14. June    Rivercamp (mile 706.7) to mountain camp (mile 721.7)    15.0 miles    Today was a lot of climbing. We had a very nice lunchbreak at the South Fork Kern river and we met Coppertone. He was hiking naked...  I…

Day 53: Into the Sierra

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13. June    Kennedy Meadows (mile 702.4) to Rivercamp (mile 706.7)    4.3 miles    Today my aching knees have been good for something. After breakfast and packing our packs at the motel we went to the pharmacy to…

Day 51-52: Ridgecrest

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11.-12. June    Ridgecrest, 0 miles    Overflowing toilets and weed smoking hikers made us escape from Kennedy Meadows.  Our aim was to stay a couple of nights in Ridgecrest. The challenge was to get there.    There…

Day 50: Kennedy Meadows

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10. June    Camp at high valley (mile 689.2) to Kennedy Meadows (mile 702.4)    13.2 miles    I turned around in my sleeping bag. It was so cozy... I checked my watch at 5:30. Another half an hour until Navigators…

Day 49: Chimney Creek

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9. June    Camp on a ridge (mile 672.9) to camp at high valley (mile 689.2)    16.3 miles    Lying in my tent I wanted to take a Photo of a nice cloud. I opened the Mesh, leaned outside and pressed the button. Back…