After over 2 weeks in the wild without cell phone service we have resurfaced in civilization in Independence, CA. We have been wandering through John Muir's land in the Sierras for the past 8 days. I have no words for the sights we have seen other than they seem like they are from some fantasy land that remains untouched by man. We have completely changed our pace to 15 miles or less per day so that we can linger in the Sierras as long as possible.
The picture above is one of my favorites from the trip so far. This is a rare opportunity to see a group of hikers "preparing" for the Sierras at the Kennedy Meadows General Store. As you can see we are like well trained athletes eating and drinking nothing but health food and smoothies.

The Olympians you see pictured above are Snow Turtle, Agassi, Waffles (from Belgium), Gator, Safari, Cheesecake aka Caveman, Snowflake, Shutterburst, Navi, Bolt, and last but not least Natty.

It took must of us nearly 3 days of peforming this ritual to properly prepare our bodies for the trip into the Sierras, but all of the 10,000 calorie days (yes that is a fact) paid off and to my knowledge we all came out of the mountains or are well on our way to the next resupply.

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