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John Muir Trail

In August of 2014 I thru-hiked the John Muir Trail with 5 of my best friends.  We hiked over 250 total miles, including sunrise summits of Half Dome and Mount Whitney.  We had midnight bear encounters, ate meals next to marmots, and regularly saw packs of deer. We got hailed on for 5 consecutive days. We climbed 10,000’ mountain passes in the middle of the night under a full moon. We made new friends and drank way too many Coors with them on our days off.  We traveled incredible terrain every day and we witnessed unreal displays of light every night.  There were tears and smiles, shouts and laughs. We had everything we needed, or we learned to do without. Not everything was perfect, but we were alive and in the woods.


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View fullsize Day 1, Wednesday 7/30: So It Begins
View fullsize Day 2, Thursday 7/31:
View fullsize Day 2, Thursday 7/31: Half Dome Cables
View fullsize Day 3, Friday 8/1: Cathedral Lake
View fullsize Day 2, Thursday 7/31: Half Dome Sunset
View fullsize Day 3, Friday 8/1: Cathedral Lake
View fullsize Day 4, Saturday 8/2: A Perfect Morning
View fullsize Day 9, Thursday 8/7: Hail Yeah
View fullsize Day 11, Saturday 8/9: Not To VVR
View fullsize Day 13, Monday 8/11: Waking Up At VVR
View fullsize Day 13, Monday 8/11: The Split
View fullsize JMTeamed Day 7, Tuesday 8/5: Almost to Mammoth
View fullsize  Day 13, Monday 8/11: Marie Lake Cloud Show
View fullsize Day 15, Wednesday 8/13: Entering Kings Canyon NP
View fullsize Day 15, Wednesday 8/13: Kickin It Evolution Style
View fullsize Day 15, Wednesday 8/13: Milky Way Over Sapphire Lake
View fullsize Day 15, Wednesday 8/13: Sunset at Sapphire Lake
View fullsize Day 15, Wednesday 8/13: Milky Way Over Sapphire Lake
View fullsize Day 16, Thursday 8/14: Brisk Climb From Sapphire Lake
View fullsize Day 16, Thursday 8/14: I Effing Love This Picture
View fullsize Day 18, Saturday 8/16: Golden Hour
View fullsize Day 23, Thursday 8/21: Suns Gonna Rise
View fullsize Day 18, Saturday 8/16: Bucks Protecting Their Ladies
View fullsize Day 24, Friday 8/22: Sun Starting to Rise Over Whit
View fullsize Day 23, Thursday 8/21: Guitar Lake
View fullsize Day 24, Friday 8/22: The Final Morning
View fullsize Day 24, Friday 8/22:  Mount Whitney Summit
 
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