”I think I can, I think I can.”
There is really only one way to treat elevation sickness … you need to get to lower elevation.
Category: John Muir Trail
ARRIVAL DAY
Stayed at Mount Williamson Motel in Independence. Other famous guests have been Mick Jagger and Squeaky Fromme. Left our resupply at the motel, 5 days to return to it.
From there to Lone Pine to pick up passes and a last coffee before heading out of Wifi range for at least 5 days. Yes, it’s wonderfully hot.
Grams
Sixty pounds. What was I thinking?
Here we were at the beginning of the famed West Coast Trail in June 1999 for our first ever backpacking trip. The experts say you shouldn’t pick the West Coast Trail for your first backpacking experience … ha, what do they know. We’d updated our last will and testament, told our kids we loved them, and packed everything except the kitchen sink to make room for the scrabble game and off we trekked.
Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine
“How old do you think I am?” he said
I said, well, I don’t know
He said, “I turned 65 about 11 months ago.”
I was sittin’ in Miami pourin’ blended whiskey down
When this old gray black gentleman was cleanin’ up the lounge
There wasn’t anyone around ‘cept this old man and me
The guy who ran the bar was watchin’ “Ironsides” on TV
Uninvited, he sat down and opened up his mind
On old dogs and children and watermelon wine.
Tom T Hall
I turned 65 about 10 months ago, and uninvited, I share my mind on old hikers, the John Muir Trail, and visiting Lone Pine. Continue reading Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine
Beautiful Feet 