A November camping trip to Big Bend National Park.
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August 23, 2002 Lyell Canyon to Twin Lakes near Island Pass 27º—63º @TUM <-previous day | following day -> Well, I awoke having not been eaten by a bear, or a marmot. After breakfast I had a bit of a time finding the trail again; had to bushwhack a bit and find a good fallen…
<- previous day | following day -> September 8, 2002 26º-52º @UTY A cold morning greeted us. The only time on the trip, in fact, that my feet were cold. So cold that it took about twenty minutes of hiking to thaw them out. It didn’t take much motivation to get us going, since we knew we…
August 31, 2002 Upper Sally Keyes Lake 36º-63º @VLC 37.27506, -118.87703 <- previous day | following day -> Commenced this morning at 8:10; got to Muir Trial Ranch by 11:30 after a rather steep descent. I could feel the warm humidity of the lower elevation. We opened the gate and went into the ranch. I’d read several…
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I was nine years old and kept thinking “