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We stopped hiking early and set up camp on the 4th day of our hike near the confluence of SF San Joaquin River and Piute Creek near the bridge that crosses Piute Creek. That gave me time to walk around and enjoy the views and take photos. Earlier in the afternoon we hiked for about an hour during rain but notice the blue sky in the photo. We enjoyed blue sky and a dry camp after the rain.
Three of us, two retired men (one who who wasn't sure if he could hike 50 plus miles; that would be me) and a young fit man who could have easily hiked twice as far in the 6 days we were on the trail started hiking at South Lake on the Bishop Pass Trail September 8 and 6 days latter ended our hike at North Lake. According to a more accurate account than I can generate we hiked 55 miles, gained 8,730 feet and lost 9,200 feet elevation. This area, part in Kings Canyon National Park and part in the John Muir Wilderness is about 20 miles southwest from Bishop, California.
Here is a brief summary of our route: South Lake Trailhead - Bishop Pass - Dusy Basin - LeConte Canyon - Muir Pass - Evolution Valley - Puite Creek Canyon - Humphrey's Basin - Piute Pass - North Lake Trailhead. We passed more than a dozen lakes some of which I will mention when I upload photos.
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This was taken in my backpacking days I believe in 1999 in the Chilcotin.
I used to hike with my friend from my high school days Don Fuller and his dad Bob.
Don passed away in 2006, his dad passed away last year.
They were both skilled outdoorsmen and I was able to tag along for some wonderful experiences in the wilderness.
Here I am packing much too much stuff, but still having a wonderful time.
Probably taken by Don using my Olympus Stylus 35mm film camera.
A lot of the info is guessed by me. I sure like the EXIF data we have recorded by our digital cameras.
Kobuk isn't sure why he's wearing a backpack, but he's excited about whatever the adventure brings.
Our dogs always carry their own food and water, and pack out their own wastes.
Deam Wilderness, Hoosier National Forest.
In between First and Second Beaches at San Josef Bay you will find a magical world where dwarfed trees reach for the sky atop ancient stacks carved out by the sea. Cape Scott Provincial Park, Northern Vancouver Island.
I think this is pretty cool if I do say so myself! These are backpacks for a school help project for kids who have trouble getting supplies. They have lots of school goodies inside. I photographed the event, taking more traditional shots, but liked this one the best!
Greg Sykes (DSI James Dean Ken doll) starts his backpacking journey by fording a river while vacationing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Collection in a country Museum. Early version of today's backpacks? I remember having a cardboard one as shown; also one similar to the back left ( not sure what it was made of) and when about 9 I was given mu aunt's old leather one. Such a lot of memories there.
Photographs shot during a July 28-30, 2015 hike in the Mount Adams Wilderness, Yakima County, Washington on Killen Creek Trail 113, High Camp Trail 10, Pacific Crest Trail 2000, and Highline Trail 14.
Blue sky and warm weather greeted me as I started hiking Killen Creek Trail Tuesday, July 28 at 9 am. The trail is in good shape but not perfect, climbs steadily to Adams Cr Meadows for about 2.5 miles to the first water source, and in another mile reaches the PCT. The wildflowers are about gone, except for mountain bog gentian and Adams Creek is very low. There may be no water by mid-August if not sooner. The 1 miles route (Trail 14) to Highline Camp is much steeper, marked by huge cairns through the rocks, and ends in beautiful meadows at the base of Mount Adams. I thought there was no water when I first searched near the trail, but there proved to be a trickle of snowmelt water. The water flow increased late in the afternoon when the warm sun melted the lone snow patch at a faster rate. Although there was a large patch of snow water may be scarce or gone before the end of summer. I ended up walking to the lower end of the snow to fill my water bottle when I arrived at noon but water was flowing for several hundred feet by sundown. The flowers are mostly gone in the wide open meadows, but there is an abundance of dirty socks aka alpine buckwheat in the gravel and rocks. I camped high where there were nice views of Adams, Rainier, and St. Helens from a single vantage point. Late evening light was fabulous although there were not enough clouds to create a great sunset, but I enjoyed the alpineglow on Mt Adams. Wednesday I hiked down to the PCT, took a right (northbound), stopped for water at Killen Creek Meadows where Killen Creek forms a nice waterfall, and there is an abundance of camps, then took Highline trail #14 to Foggy Flat where I spent the night. After setting up camp I hiked off trail up to the base of Mt. Adams and to the headwaters of South Fork Killen Creek. I spend some time calling and photographing birds. Although views are better from High Camp, Mt Rainier and the Goat Rocks, as well as most of Mt Adams are visible from Foggy Flat. The before mentioned creek is a great water supply.
The trails are all in good condition, many of the small ponds that show on USGS map are dry, the only water sources are those that I have mentioned, the views are great, there were few people on the trails when I was there, and there are virtually no bugs. These trails get horse traffic and are dusty. I met three men on horses heading down the Highline Trail near the intersection with PCT. I asked them if there was water along the trail. They said it was a long ways then seemingly as an afterthought as they rode off in the dust one of them said there was water a Foggy Flat. That was at about 11 am. I commented that Foggy Flat was not a long ways, but didn’t get a response. An hour latter I got to Foggy Flat, where there was plenty of water and several nice camps hidden away off the trail. Birds were abundant at Foggy Flat, particularly pine siskin, dark-eyed juncos, chipping sparrows, and mountain chickadees. A few noisy Clark’s nutcrackers were almost constantly within earshot and there were at least 3 species of warblers. There were also many butterflies, mostly in the Killen Creek Meadows. I was surprised that I saw no deer or elk, and only one marmot.
The hike out on Thursday morning was uneventful but hot. The trails are dusty. I saw 8 other hikers on the trail as I was leaving. Four of them who were hiking the PCT were getting water at Killen Creek. I passed 2 ladies who were also on the way down to the Killen Creek Trailhead.
The Mount Adams Wilderness is a 47,708-acre (19,307 ha) wilderness area managed by the U.S. Forest Service. At 12,276 feet (3,742 m), Mount Adams is one of the major Cascade mountains. The wilderness area is on the west side of the mountain and is part of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. The east side of the mountain is part of the Yakama Nation, with the southeast side part of the Mount Adams Recreation Area. IMG_6851
Giving my back a rest along Wilburn Ridge in the Grayson Highlands of Virginia.
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The "Women Backpacking Together" Meetup met at the Caribou Lake Trailhead in the Caribou Wilderness in the middle of the night... around midnight. Lorrie and I were there around 7:30pm so after we put up our tent and built a fire, we warded off the bears by making a lot of noise. Four plus hours! We were up around 9am and out on the trail around 11am. Got to our camp at North Divide Lake around 3:30pm and set in for a cold night. Snow all around but we found a nice meadow to camp in.
I love how this turned out. Glad I decided to use aqua rapunzel for the side panels; that wasn't my original plan. Another wonderful backpack using Made by Rae's pattern. Also used interfacing and lined with kona curry.
I am usually a strictly no pink kind of girl, but I will always make an exception for Mendocino :)
First backpack of 2 I am making for traveling to Sewing Summit. I wanted a small purse size backpack for going on the thrifting excursion and shop hop so I found this pattern by Cindy Taylor Oates and only made a few mods.
Looking at this pick, I definitely need to push out the sides some more so it doesn't look so lumpy :P