22 miles, 6500' up, 6500' down
First hiked by Jef, Paco 1985 in 12 hours
2nd hike with Laura, Mari, et al., 8/9/98 in 15 hours
| Getting There... | ||
 | South of Adelanto, we get out to stretch. This is 2 hours into our 36 hour adventure. |  Laura strikes a pose around her old alma mater (South West College) |
| The Ascent to Outpost, start time: 8/9/98 04:37am... | ||
 | First light, at about 2 miles into the hike. Time is about 6am. |  |
 | Looking down from where we came from, early in the morning. Incidentally, you can blow up any of these pictures by clicking them. |  |
 | Found a group of artworks at about 2 hours into the hike. Here is one. | |
| Ascending to Mountain Meadow... | ||
 | Here comes Mari up from Mirror Lake, at about 3 hours into the hike. We have already passed the lower camp. |  |
 | Laura picked out a nice waterfall at which to rest. | |
 | Starting off from the waterfall. Mari at left, and Laura at right. |  |
 | We pause at Mountain Meadows, and I take a few pictures of the shooting stars. |  |
| Ascending to High Mountain Camp... | ||
 | Leaving Mountain Meadows, hikers appear to be strung out in the middle of a cliff. | |
 | The reflecting pool at lower High Mountain Camp from both angles. We rested here for a bit. Elapsed time: 4 hours (now about 10:30am) |  |
 | More pictures from our half-way point at High Mountain Camp. A nice photo of Laura is at the left. |  |
| Ascending the switchbacks... | ||
 | Starting the ascent to the ridge, seen in background... |  |
 | Looking back at High Mountain Camp near bottom of switchbacks. You can see a few tents to the right of the lake. | |
 | See how the perspective of this lake changes as we ascend the 100 switchbacks above High Mountain Camp. |  |
 | We found someone to photograph us at the saddle at the top of the switchbacks. Note the view of the Sequoia side of the mountain. |  |
| The backside ridge trail... | ||
 | Many places along the switchbacks and the ridge trail were adorned with these blue flowers, and these yellow ones were seen along the ridge trail. |  |
 | The photo at left shows the peak from part-way along the ridge trail. That patch of snow near the top, caused a slight detour, and we skirted the edge of it. At right is picture of me by Laura, as we returned along this rugged trail. |  |
| At the summit: Elevation 14,496', Elapsed time: 8 hours | ||
 | A mostly frozen lake on Lone Pine side, left. Two victorious hikers, right. |  |
 | Laura and I by the hut at the top, and at the precipace. We kept some photographer busy for a few minutes. |  |
 | Here are 2 views from top, trying to show the 2000' cliffs. A wide-angle camera would have been better. From here, we took 7 hours to get back to the trailhead. |  |
