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Hiking | John Muir Trail 2002 | Places

JMT Day 7
Byphieldnotes August 26, 2002February 13, 2025

<- previous day | following day -> August 26, 2002 Red’s Meadow to Purple Lake 42º—74º @MHP Breakfast at Red’s Meadow Cafe around 7:00 a.m. was not bad; much better than the steak the previous night. At breakfast, Todd came in and we chatted a bit. After breakfast, we decided to find the trail head together,…

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Book Learnin’
Byphieldnotes May 16, 2021March 30, 2022

I was trying to explain to someone why I had so many copies of Colin Fletcher’s Complete Walker series. It started in 1984 while I was working offshore. One of my trainees, an experienced backpacker whom I had been grilling for information on the hows and wheres of backpacking, noticed my subscription book club had…

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JMT Day 10
Byphieldnotes August 29, 2002February 13, 2025

<- previous day | following day -> August 29, 2002 Silver Pass Creek to Lake Edison and Vermillion Valley Resort 45º—71º @MHP The next morning, I had an excellent breakfast at the cafe. While sipping coffee, planning the next leg of the trip, and reading week-old Fresno newspapers (desperately seeking but with great futility finding little…

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JMT Epilogue
Byphieldnotes June 15, 2003February 14, 2025

Reflecting on a trip twenty years ago, the author shares insights on what they would alter, such as hiking later into the day to utilize camping spots better, and creating a detailed pre-trip spreadsheet for trails and sites. They also describe an effective, though simplistic, food routine involving freeze-dried meals and powdered milk that fulfilled their needs well. However, the author notes excessive packing of heavy clothing and inefficiencies in water storage, suggesting modern packs with built-in hydration systems as an upgrade.

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TR-Backpack-GUMO Shumard 11/16/2017
Byphieldnotes December 30, 2017February 18, 2026

Gaiamaps link CalTopo map I spent most of a week in mid-November (2017) at Guadalupe Mountains National Park (GUMO). Camped 4 days/nights; at Pine Spring CG and in the middle an out/back overnight to the Shumard Canyon backcountry site. I don’t have a *lot* of info to add; i’ve done the El Cap/Overlook trail several…

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TR-Guadalupe Mountains Dog Canyon & Gypsum Dunes November 14-16, 2019
Byphieldnotes November 23, 2019February 13, 2025

Wednesday the 13th I left Austin after work and some final packing around 6:00 P.M. and got to Ozona around 10:00. Next morning I kind of let Google navigate me, wanting to stay well away from US 285; ended up going East and North of it, to near Odessa, then coming into the Guadalupe Mountains/Lincoln…

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