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7 Days in Kings Canyon - Dialup Beware!!!
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Hopefully you're still around here next yaer. I'd really like to go backpacking with you again. I just had too many things going on this summer. Besides, there's no way I would have made it through this one. Just thinking about the difficulty scares me!
Once again, there are no people in your pictures.
Once again, there are no people in your pictures.
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Those are some spectacular pictures. You've got several wall-hangers in there. I think that first pic is going to be my new desktop for a while. Thanks for sharing. Looks like a really great trip.
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I'll see if I can answer a few of the questions.
I don't know the total mileage because about a third of the trip was off trail and I can only estimate. It was probably 60-65, about medium distance for a trip of seven days for me in the Sierras.
We were at high elevation most of the trip (probably averaged out at around 10,500-11,000' for the whole trip) and the temps were mild. Typical afternoon temps were around 65-70, but the sun is much more intense that high so it felt warm. Once the sun went down it got cool quickly, morning lows were 35-40.
Food on such trips is highly personal. Since I live at 300' above sea level, when I go that high I generally lose my appetite, and there aren't many foods that I can force down. Breakfast was usually a Balance Cookie Dough bar, trail snacks were a mix of peanut m&ms, salted nuts, individually wrapped string cheese, swedish fish, and Wheat Thins. Some dinners were standard freeze-dried (mountain house is the best, IMO). I also brought Kraft Easy Mac to mix with foil pack tuna. One of the freeze-dried dinners was the buffalo chicken, which I put on flour tortillas for burritos. To accompany dinner, I brought slabs of pepper jack cheese, it kept fine through five days (on the sixth night, it was starting to turn). And for after-dinner treats, I brought a big piece of Marzipan and a jar of Nutella.
For gear, look at this picture of camp one night:
My basic gear list:
Pack: Osprey Atmos 65
Tent: Marmot Eos 1P (a must have, the mosquitoes are bad this year)
Bag: Western Mountaineering Summerlite
Pad: Pacific Outdoors Insulmat (I have to have my comfort, and it only weighs 1.5 lb)
Stove: Snow Peak Giga
Pot: Smaller pot from Brunton IB set
Bear Canister (approved models are required in some of the areas we were in): Bearikade Weekender
Boots: Merrell Phaser Peak (so incredibly comfortable, I can walk on large rocks all day and not feel it)
Other than that, various items - first aid kit, some repair items, bug spray, sunscreen, etc, etc. As you can see, I'm not an ultralighter who sacrifices comfort for weight, but I have invested significantly over the years to get very light options for that comfort. My starting pack weight at the trailhead, including water, was 39 lb. For the six-day Whitney trip that I did with the scouts two weeks ago, my starting pack weight was 33 lb (primary difference being food weight, this trip was planned for eight days so I took eight day's worth of food).
And for fixed blade I took this one:
I don't know the total mileage because about a third of the trip was off trail and I can only estimate. It was probably 60-65, about medium distance for a trip of seven days for me in the Sierras.
We were at high elevation most of the trip (probably averaged out at around 10,500-11,000' for the whole trip) and the temps were mild. Typical afternoon temps were around 65-70, but the sun is much more intense that high so it felt warm. Once the sun went down it got cool quickly, morning lows were 35-40.
Food on such trips is highly personal. Since I live at 300' above sea level, when I go that high I generally lose my appetite, and there aren't many foods that I can force down. Breakfast was usually a Balance Cookie Dough bar, trail snacks were a mix of peanut m&ms, salted nuts, individually wrapped string cheese, swedish fish, and Wheat Thins. Some dinners were standard freeze-dried (mountain house is the best, IMO). I also brought Kraft Easy Mac to mix with foil pack tuna. One of the freeze-dried dinners was the buffalo chicken, which I put on flour tortillas for burritos. To accompany dinner, I brought slabs of pepper jack cheese, it kept fine through five days (on the sixth night, it was starting to turn). And for after-dinner treats, I brought a big piece of Marzipan and a jar of Nutella.
For gear, look at this picture of camp one night:
My basic gear list:
Pack: Osprey Atmos 65
Tent: Marmot Eos 1P (a must have, the mosquitoes are bad this year)
Bag: Western Mountaineering Summerlite
Pad: Pacific Outdoors Insulmat (I have to have my comfort, and it only weighs 1.5 lb)
Stove: Snow Peak Giga
Pot: Smaller pot from Brunton IB set
Bear Canister (approved models are required in some of the areas we were in): Bearikade Weekender
Boots: Merrell Phaser Peak (so incredibly comfortable, I can walk on large rocks all day and not feel it)
Other than that, various items - first aid kit, some repair items, bug spray, sunscreen, etc, etc. As you can see, I'm not an ultralighter who sacrifices comfort for weight, but I have invested significantly over the years to get very light options for that comfort. My starting pack weight at the trailhead, including water, was 39 lb. For the six-day Whitney trip that I did with the scouts two weeks ago, my starting pack weight was 33 lb (primary difference being food weight, this trip was planned for eight days so I took eight day's worth of food).
And for fixed blade I took this one:
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damn i want to go i want to go i want to go....Besides the other Qs that been asked, what map set did you use and how did you chose the the route??? I might have only three days next month and if my knee gets better im going out there.... is there any way you can post or send the the rout on the map as well???
Now i realy need to get out there... Its not even funny..
Sasha
Now i realy need to get out there... Its not even funny..
Sasha
