Goal for the day: Rest, recuperate, and fix my gear Nothing much happened between trail days 6 and 7. I…
Goal for the day: Kennedy Meadows, a Diet Coke, a shower, and real food. Not necessarily in that order. After…
Goal for the day: Survive the shade-less heat until the next water on the trail in 10 miles. I woke…
Goal for the day: Get past Chimney Creek I woke to some nice light from the sun and noticed the…
Goal for the day: Get as far as I can along the trail Before dawn, I had a chance to…
Goal for the day: Make it to the first source of water. Since I had only managed 2.5 miles on…
Goal for the day: Get at least to where I stopped and turned around the previous year with the majority…
In a sense, a lot of the planning for this possible trek was already done. I had tried to do…
When at first you don’t succeed, try try again… Having learned from my failures to hike more than a single…
I had not had the time or motivation to climb up any of the peaks in Mt Diablo State Park…