These images are from our thru-hike of the JMT in 98. We hiked from August 16 through September 3, southbound. The hike took 18 days to complete, covering about 220 miles. Solophile and I are indebted to Big Bird (of AT 97 fame) for the splendid hospitality in the Bay City, the time he took off to be our personal tour guide, and the great hitch out to Yosemite.
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Heading to our first campsite. We heard the boy scouts before we saw them, but Little Yosemite Valley had plenty of excess capacity at the campsites. A bonus: they also had substantial bear boxes. These were steel footlocker-sized storage boxes with locks that would defeat even cardoor-peeling bears. They accommodated both backpacks easily. We found a spot as far from the scouts as we could. (Late in the night, we would hear the scouts as they reacted to a visiting bear with whistles, shouts and even a compressed air airhorn. Those bearboxes were spectacular.) |
