Day 85 6-18-07 TT 9500′ Trail to Duck Lake – Middle Fork -Clark Lakes Trail 25.3 miles; 920.6 (48.4) total miles; 2810.6 trip miles 80′s, sunny hot Deer count is 47 Marmot count is 43 Pika count is 2 Bear count is 0 !!!The deer have taken the lead. Today seemed to be headed to a day without change but [...]

Day 84 6-17-07 TT 10,150′ VRR – Trail to Duck Lake 18.1 (1.4) miles; 895.3 (48.4) total miles; 2785.3 trip miles 80′s sunny hot Marmot count is 42 Deer count is 41 Pika count is 2 Bear count is 0 !!The marmots have taken the lead!! It was a late score by the marmot as I saw one when I [...]

Day 83 6-16-07 TT 7850′ Bear Ridge Trail Junction – Vermilion Valley Resort (VRR) 4.6 (1.4) miles; (47);         total miles; 2765.8 trip miles 70′s, sunny hot Marmot count is 41 Deer count is 41 Pika count is 2 Bear count is 0 This morning I woke up half off my Tyvek. I was sleeping on more of an angle than I [...]

Day 82 6-15-07 Cowboy Camp 9980′ Piute Pass Trail – Bear Ridge Trail Junction 18.2 miles; 867.8 (45.6) total miles; 2759.8 trip miles 70′s, sunny hot Marmot count is 41 Deer count is 39 Pika count is 2 Bear count is 0 !!!!Today is my baby’s Birthday, HAPPY BIRTHDAY Sam!!!! Last night the mosquitoes never left my bug net. They [...]

Day 79 6-12-07 Tarp 10,900′ sort ways past Baxter Pass Trail – South Fork Kings River Ford 16.4 miles; 814.5 (45.6) total miles; 2692.7 trip miles 60′s in mtns., partly cloudy Marmot count is 39 Deer count is 30 Pika count is 2 Bear count is 0 By the time I finished typing in my journal, my sleeping bag was [...]

Day 77 6-10-07 Hotel Zero day #7 Independence, CA 0 miles; 789.5 (38.1)miles; total trip miles 2660.8 90′s, Sunny, clouds in PM Today we slept in. It was pretty hot in the hotel room when we went to sleep but really chilly in the AM. I had at least 3 donuts for breakfast! We simply did logistics all morning then [...]

Day 76 6-9-07 Hotel Bullfrog Lake Junction – Independence 9 miles;   total miles ( ) trip miles 60 in mountains, 80′s in town We got up at 6 AM or so and got moving pretty fast since we all knew we were going into town. We climbed a short way and reached Bullfrog Lake, which was quite large compared to some [...]

Day 75 6-8-07 Tarp 10,405′ Wallace Creek – Bullfrog Lake Junction 19.1 miles; 789.5 (31) total miles; 2653.7 trip miles High 50′s, sunny !!!Forester Pass!!! Marmot count is 32 Deer count is 28 Pika count is 1 Bear count is 0 Last night was not as cold as the few before; but still cold enough I didn’t sleep well. Ed [...]

Day 74 6-7-07 Tarp 10,405′ Crabtree Meadow – Wallace Creek via Mt. Whitney 3.4 (15.8) miles; 771.5 (31) total miles; 2634.6 trip miles (adjusted, it was off) 60′s, sunny, clouds in PM !!!Mt. Whitney!!! Marmot count is 25 Pika count is 1 Today I stood on top of Mt. Whitney (14,496.811’), the highest point in the continental United States. The [...]

Day 73 6-6-07 T 10,465′ Chicken Spring Lake – Crabtree Meadow 16.1 miles; 766.3 (15.2) total miles; 2616 trip miles 60′sSsunny, windy, !!!!Pika sighting!!!! Marmot count is 9 Pika count is 1 Last night lasted forever. Either I was drooling on my pillow or the snow was blowing in my face. Which ever it was, I always found a wet [...]