Day 7 – A Hard Day
Tomorrow will be better.
~Rockin’
July 14
South Fork San Joaquin River to Bear Creek – 18 miles
Grant has saved me on a log crossing and Dan scooped me up after falling in a stream. Not good.
Day 8 – Vermillion Valley Recharge
I can’t wait for dinner, I just know it is going to be great!
~Stealthy
July 16
Bear Creek to Vermillion Valley Resort – 12 miles
Our team has made it to Vermillion Valley Resort after 8 days of countless crazy stream crossings and snowy passes. So happy for beer, food, shower, and clothes washing. Our group is positive and continually supports each other despite a lot of personal ailments. It is pretty awesome.
Day 9 – Near Miss and Bad Glissade
Everything will be better in Mammoth
– Silly Chili
July 16
Vermillion Valley Resort to Fish Creek – 11.4
Wow…your pictures are amazing! I finished the JMT about 4 weeks after you and I can’t believe how much more snow there was for you. Great job!!
Too late now–you guys are done–but my husband and I have a good way to do those nasty stream crossings (we had several doing the PCT in 2010.) He’s taller and heavier than I am, so what we do is I stow my trek poles (lashed to pack), then I stand BEHIND him, holding on to the sides of his pack, and we SIDESTEP across together. The full impact of the rushing water hits HIM (he’s heavier and can handle it fine) while I am in the “protected zone” just behind him. This method got us across several bad crossings on the PCT, and also last summer on the CDT.
Those stream crossings look pretty nasty. I know it’s a very high snow year but WOW! I compared your 2008 pic to the 2017 one.
I spy some red legs on this trip. That snow is unforgiving. Dan’s got it covered.
Glad you are all safe after all those stream crossings.
I drove that pontoon boat ferry full of PCT & JMT hikers across Edison Lake years ago; I was thrilled to realize who those (YOU) people are and what you DO! What a hoot to see your photos. Thanks. You know what a fan I am (Is that Seuss?).
A great team! Beautiful shots.