I did 211 mile (340 km) John Muir Trail thru-hike in July, 2014, by myself.
JMT hike is memorable and life-time accomplishment.
Every night during JMT, I wrote journal. I will share them.
Today was the last official day hiking on JMT.
I finally reached
the summit of Mt.Whitney. I still can't believe that I walked from
Yosemite. I hiked 216 miles! It was a 46,000 foot elevation gain.
Today
I left Guitar Lake at 5:30 a.m. I had plenty of time, but I remembered
how hard it is to summit Mt.Whitney, so I left there earlier than I had
planned.
The changing colors from
night to morning from the sunrise was beautiful. The color of Guitar
lake changed every minute. First it was dark blue. Then it became
orange. Then it becaame blue, and then finally green. Guitar Lake was
quiet as if he was cheering for me to reach the summit.
After I
reached at the junction of JMT and Whitney trail, I left my heavy
backpack there and summited Mt.Whitney. It was the last 1.9 miles to the
summit. 2 years ago, I thought the 1.9 miles was endless. This time, I
thought, "Oh it's already the top!".
Acclimatizing completely was the key.
The
scenery was incredible. Seeing the undulating Sierra mountains, I was
speechless. I love the Eastern Sierra. At the top, I officially
completed JMT. This is a lifetime accomplishment.
Although I
finshed JMT, I need to decend to the trailhead to go back to the normal
world. Today I decended to the half way point. I almost ran out of food,
but I saw a JMTer who had too much food, so he gave me 5 energy bars.
Lucky me. I was thinking about the food I would eat in the town. They
were pancakes (the famous pancake at the Whitney Portal Store), Korean
BBQ, Chinese, steak, burger, french fries, pepsi.....
Then I set a camp at Trailcamp.
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Guitar Lake at 5:30 am
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Mount Whitney
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Mount Whitney
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