Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail - 2003

 

 

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Morning sky near Deep Creek Deep Creek Bridge
Cloud spillway above Walker Pass Deep Creek Hot Springs
Cow Canyon fireplace Lupines near Guffy Camp
Golden Oaks Spring.  I emptied out my bear can & used it to filter from - waited 2 hours & still not full, but enough to filter from. Morning sun on the hills south of Mission Creek
June gloom from above Messenger Flats flowers
Big bear at Little Jimmy The LaZBoy Rockliner - Little Rock Creek
McIver's Cabin, Scodie Mountains Florida Bob
On the peak of Mt. Jenkins Gnarly rock face just past Death Canyon
The shoe tree - roadwalking into Big Bear A glider above Mt. Baden-Powell
Sisters of the stinky hiker - Mt. Baden-Powell The view coming down Crowder Canyon
Early morning view, 6 miles north of Cajon Pass Finding Solace in Vasquez Rocks
Silverwood Lake from Garces Overlook Sunrise at Silverwood Lake
Welcome to Kennedy Meadows! Just Paul & Mary All Day Long Kennedy Meadows - home away from home
Hikertown USA - Kennedy Meadows Smokey shares his pictures. Kennedy Meadows General Store
The Grumpy Bear shuttle Headed to Grumpy Bear's - Smokey, Gregg, Just Paul & Mary, High-Life
Inside Grumpy Bear's. Brian & Gregg at the table with Smokey & Mary All Day Long shooting pool. Just Paul leads the early morning bench-building seminar at Kennedy Meadows
High Life, Guffman & Meadow Ed at Kennedy Meadows Burrito & Firedancer catch a sugar buzz at Kennedy Meadows
Looking down from the Sierras into the Owens Valley First view of the Sierran crest
Monache Meadows Monache Meadows
the great escape If I ever disappear from my everyday life, this is where I'm headed.
Morning in the tent Crabtree Meadow
Merlot the marmot Leaving Crabtree Meadows
PCT, Timberline Lake Guitar Lake
Late afternoon at a tarn above Guitar Lake Leaving the tarn above Guitar Lake, 6 am, headed for the summit of Mt. Whitney. Really, really COLD.
Molasses and Dan at the Smithsonian hut. Dan was the first to summit on June 24th, 2003. I was second. I'm wearing every stitch of clothing I brought, still really COLD. Molasses on the summit of Mt. Whitney

Panorama from the summit of Mt. Whitney.