Day 62
Today's Miles: 20.4
After a fun night around camp with everyone, we set out at about 6:30am to get us that much closer to Kennedy Meadows.
The climb up and out of the canyon where we camped was long, but with the sun just peaking over the mountains we got to enjoy some really great views.
Looking back from where we climbed up from.
We have really started to see some awesome rock formations the last couple days, and when we reached the top of this morning's climb it was no different.
About 12 miles into the day we hit Chimney Creek near Cranebrake Road and found a nice shady spot to stop and take a lunch break.
Our clothing drying on a nearby tree.
After a while, Carl and Clutch showed up to join us creekside.
Carl grossed Twist out with his lunch...
It has really started to get consistently warm the last two days. Yesterday was 98 degrees at one point and today it got up to 100. And when it's this warm I just can't seem to drink enough water for my body to stay hydrated. For instance, just after our lunch break I had totaled 10 liters for the day and still felt as though I was far from drinking enough.
We pushed on after lunch and did the 2,500ft climb over the next 6 miles in time to see the sun setting.
Instead of night hiking the last 4.5 miles to the next water, we made it about 1.5 miles down the other side of the mountain and decided to dry camp near a fire road. We are already looking forward to the short day tomorrow and finally arriving in Kennedy Meadows!
-Tailgate
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