John Muir Trail Thru-hike 2002
I completed a North to South thru-hike of the John Muir Trail in 2002. Here is a trip report of my hike.
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I completed a North to South thru-hike of the John Muir Trail in 2002. Here is a trip report of my hike.
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I left austin a bit late Friday (November 7), right at 9. This put my ETA at big bend at 17:30 and that’s exactly when i got into Panther Junction. Got a bag of ice in Marathon. Turns out they’d had 4 inches of rain the day before. Several roads were closed, so there were…
I was nine years old and kept thinking “
This is mostly a stub, holding a spot for a more complete trip report later. I don’t have all the photos from that trip digitized yet but am in the process of doing so. After two previous hikes up to the summit of Texas’ highest point, I realized that the spectacular vista from the top…
(There is a separate Trip Report for the car camping on that trip here.) Gear, Lessons learned Route South Kaibab-Bright Angel Campground-Bright Angel Trail Locations/Elevations Mileages South Kaibab Trail LocationElevationDistanceSouth Kaibab Trailhead7260′startCedar Ridge 6120′1.5 milesSkeleton Point5220′3.0 milesTipoff4000′4.4 milesBright Angel Campground2480′7.0 miles Bright Angel Trail LocationElevationDistanceBright Angel Campground2480′startRiver Resthouse2480′1.8 milesHavasupai* Gardens3800′5.0 milesThree-Mile Resthouse4748′6.5 milesMile-and-a-Half Resthouse5729′8.0 milesBright…
Ken Sleight was an old river runner/desert rat who was the inspiration for Ed Abbey’s character “Seldom Seen Smith” in The Monkey Wrench Gang.” I like that he calls Lake Powell “Lake Foul.” “It was probably foolish and masochistic of me to have hung around and watched it happen. But I just had to. At…
<- 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,…