John Muir WildernessJohn Muir Trail Climber's Log
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| Fletch | favorite road  Date Climbed: Jan 10, 1999 | |
| in the world | |
| Posted Nov 30, 2012 5:26 pm | ||
| peppercornbacon | Life-changing hike Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2011 | |
| Lost some friends, made new ones, fell in love on the trek. Hit the trail one week after submitting my dissertation and the beauty and sublime joy of the Sierras set some ideas in motion that culminated in changing my career to the one I'm starting now. Took 27 days to finish, including some glorious rest days, swimming and fishing, and really lazy giggly sexy mornings. Epic hiker barrels at MTR. Wouldn't change a thing. | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2012 3:45 am | ||
| xpda | A few years ago Date Climbed: Aug 1, 1973 | |
| Rob and I started in Yosemite Valley, ended up in Lone Pine. We only had one food cache. 200+ miles in about 3 weeks. Old Photos: http://xpda.com/hike/ | |
| Posted Aug 15, 2011 6:52 pm | ||
| opes | I met Thaddeus on top Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2009 | |
| Bruce and I started out the John Muir somewhere around Keersarge lakes. We left Thaddeus behind to nurse Chilli who was suffering from some unknown malady. About three days later after a most awesome hike and a diet supplemented with trout, we summited. I will never forget seeing this red jacketed man, slowly, steadily picking his way through the rocks of the summit towards us...it was Thaddeus - he had climbed from the west by himself, left at something like 2 am. How cool was that! | |
| Posted Apr 11, 2011 5:54 pm | ||
| Fins129 | JMT Date Climbed: Jun 22, 2010 | |
| Southbound in 3 weeks. Tons of snow. Made it an adventure. Should have planned a little more food. A bit hungry at times. The most amazing trip I've ever done. Highly recommend it to anyone. | |
| Posted Oct 12, 2010 2:27 am | ||
| kovarpa | Beautiful Date Climbed: Sep 23, 2010 | |
| 14 days southbound through some of the prettiest parts of Sierra with Vendulka. Had a great time. | |
| Posted Sep 25, 2010 10:05 pm | ||
| Guilty | JMT-two weeks Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2010 | |
| Began at Happy isles on the AUG.31 and finished with Mt. Whitney and Muir on the Sept.13th. Bag some peaks on the way. But would not recomend going so fast. Next time I will take three weeks! | |
| Posted Sep 19, 2010 2:31 am | ||
| mrchad9 | Fantastic Trip Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2006 | |
| 7/13/06-8/2/06. Amazingly scenic and a great learning experience, can pack much lighter now and cannot wait to do it again sometime. Very heavy snow year and much of it full of mosquitos and swollen creeks. | |
| Posted Jun 14, 2010 3:33 am | ||
| amcke004 | JMT Date Climbed: Aug 29, 2009 | |
| Aug 29-Sept 20 Yosemite-Whitney. Started with 4 ended with 3. Amazing adventure. | |
| Posted Jan 20, 2010 1:56 pm | ||
| kevin trieu | JMT no resupply | |
| Started solo with 70lb pack intending not to resupply. finished with two other soloist in 14 days. ankles were swollen weeks after. | |
| Posted Nov 25, 2009 8:02 pm | ||
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| xpda | Re: JMT no resupply | |
| Hey, my ankles were swollen after the John Muir trail in 1973. I never did figure out why. My cousin, who hiked with me, had the same problem! | |
| Posted Aug 15, 2011 6:55 pm | ||
| jmc | first 10% Date Climbed: Oct 10, 2009 | |
| Tuolumne Meadows to Clouds Rest to Half Dome to the Valley. 30 mile day in excellent weather | |
| Posted Nov 5, 2009 8:46 am | ||
| CWessels | Thrilling Date Climbed: Sep 12, 2008 | |
| 9/12 to 9/27 What can I say that hasn't been said already? Best adventure ever. | |
| Posted Sep 25, 2009 9:32 pm | ||
| asmrz | Spectacular hike! Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2009 | |
| As climbers, we sometimes don't realize how beautiful it is to just hike through our much loved Sierra. Penelope May and I spent the most wonderful time reminiscing about old climbs and enjoying the scenery while hiking the JMT all the way from Yosemite to Mt. Whitney. We mailed our food to Red's Meadow, The Muir Trail Ranch and self supplied ourselves over Taboose Pass. It was unforgetable (if strenuous) hike over the most spectacular landscape to be found anywhere. BTW, Thank you Doug Thompson (Whitney Portal Hostel) for looking after our car while we were on the hike. | |
| Posted Aug 29, 2009 3:33 pm | ||
| rmick25 | John Muir Trail 09 Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2009 | |
| Wow! My first time in the Sierra. Quite the cherry-breaker. Had tos of sunshine, only rained twice in 21 days. I did it solo and would recommend the same to others. Met some incredible people but found you can be as alone as you want. I didn't resupply anywhere except for Tuolumne Meadows, where I left myself a big cache. Found plenty of food at Red's Meadow and Muir Trail Ranch. Also I want to give a shout-out to Vermillion Valley Resort for their kindness, great beer and food! | |
| Posted Aug 11, 2009 5:53 pm | ||
| Elwood | Elwoods summer of love on the JMT 2009 Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2009 | |
| As a laid-off aircraft mechanic, I wanted something "BIG" to do this summer, besides just look for another avaition job. So, why not the JMT? I set-off out of Yosemite Valley on June 19th & finished at Whitney Portal on July 6th, it was a 18-day journey with one rest-day at Vermillion Valley Resort! The trip was great! But also, alot tougher than I anticipated, due to the large amounts of snow over most of the passes, & just the day-to-day travel thru the Sierra Nevada. It was indeed, a life time experience! | |
| Posted Jul 10, 2009 12:41 pm | ||
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| Bascuela | Re: Elwoods summer of love on the JMT 2009 | |
| Wow! Congrats on your trip. I too am in the industry and looking at "reductions" in my not so distance future. I sort of wanted to do something like that as well. | |
| Posted Jul 18, 2009 1:50 am | ||
| Bascuela | 1st time up! Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2009 | |
| Overnighted at Trail camp. With a quick and amazing run up to the summit, out the same day. Will be back for more Whitney zone action. | |
| Posted Jul 3, 2009 2:03 am | ||
| mrwsierra | Nothin' like the Sierra Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2008 | |
| A wonderful journey through the Range of Light. | |
| Posted Feb 2, 2009 12:05 pm | ||
| JGHarrison | Best hike ever Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2008 | |
| Best hike i have ever been fortunate enough to take. If doing it in summer I wouldnt bother sending much resupply food, as the Muir ranch and Vermillion resort will have tons of extra food from backpackers that overestimated their food needs. I ate beef stew and cliff bars and cookies for days after each ranch. | |
| Posted Jan 13, 2009 6:44 pm | ||
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