heading out to the 5 lakes basin (at least thats the current plan... may change on the way up there). Should be able to put 12 miles on them by the end of the day. Man I sure hope Louie can hang, he hasnt gone that far in a.... oops, he's never gone that far... 9 miles is his max to date...

Mt Whitney is this weekend... Might be leaving Friday night to go find a campsite in the upper altitudes (greater than 7~8k if I can) to help get aclimated before sundays hike. ooooo cant wait!

 

Sounds like fun as long as your doing it LOL, have a ball, living in the flat lands so long get me huffing and puffing quick, hell I got where I could tell it after flying around for an hour or two at 3000 feet

 

good luck!

be safe!!

take a flare gun for help !

take water for ol Louie...

lots of pics too...you know how we like pics

 

take it easy. . .and you got plenty of mole skin to break those boots in???

 

Good luck Drew! 14,505 is a long way up! Lemme know if you can see my house from there..I will turn on the porch light to help...LOL

 

BTWAre you guys going right down 99 and over 58 to 395? You will drive right by me almost. If you make it, I will by you a beer on the way back...hell if you don't I will, just for trying it.

 

I have no idea what your talking about. . .so heres a pic of a cat with a lime on it's head

 

yup, have plenty of molesikn and tools to cut it up with. Louie's going to love it... at the trailhead... Carr Lake, 100 yards later Feely Lake, 1/3 mile later good sized pond (un-named), 1/4 mile later another bigger pond... then Island lake... all within 1 mile of the trailhead... after that the lakes are off the beaten path all the way back to the 5 lakes basin area

nope, looking to go 1 of 2 routes... either 50 to mormon emigrant gap to 88 to 395 or 99 to 108 to 395. Havent decided yet. also may be leaving tomorrow for the extra night in the back country. hard to resist. I did my last heavy leg workout this morning in preparation for sundays hike. I think I'm ready, was easily able to push 10 plates on the leg press, something I couldnt do after the Clouds Rest hike...

anyways... I'm off... I'll post pics later tonight of todays hike.

 

That is a Pumelo on the cat.