Ankle pain, thieve birds and soft falls: pct days 82 to 85

Leaving the motel room where I rested the last 3 nights felt a little sad, but I wanted to move again. I took a sandwich for lunch and another for the road from a pretty deli nearby too. However, this meant that I reached the path a little late, at approximately 2:30. I hurt my stupid ankle now and made the walk quite unpleasant. I arrived at the Prado de Red, where I heard they were serving ice cream, but now it was the night and it seemed that they had closed for the day. My mood was already low and not wanting to pay for camping, I continued forward, forgetting that they also had a thermal source.

I ended up finding a small tent place near Lake Sotcher and Gruñón. Lesson learned here; Try not spiral. My ankle hurt me to jump beyond the network meadow, which meant that I lost my accelerated there.

Day 83: Days without incident

The night was cold and I slept and I had a slow morning. My backpack was heavy and moved slowly, which, combined with leaving the afternoon camp, limited my miles today; I barely did 12. I had lunch in a camp and I had to scare a particularly worker Jay Stellar who kept trying to reach my food. I respect the effort, but this meal is for me, bird.

The thief of the thief.

The rest of the walk was largely without incident. All day it was a long but fortunately gradual uphill and the views of the valley and the surrounding mountains only improved. I continued to deplete the audiobooks, since they were the only thing that kept me. I ended up camping on the side of a mountain with a valley below. It was surprisingly well eliminated by being on a crest. I had dinner at the snowy peaks and the trees and lakes below.

The lakes on the other side of the canyon seemed very cozy.

Day 84: Donohue pass; In Yosemite!

The night was cold again and I was glad that my habit of putting my water filter in my sleeping bag had been so consistent on this path. For curious, our water filters are vulnerable to freezing. If the inner water becomes ice, it will expand and compromise the filter in an almost undetectable way. Usually, this is just a risk at night fortunately, so simply going to sleep with him generally means that he will remain hot.

A quite shy marmot.

The morning was quite noticeable while walking towards the base of Donohue Pass, except for Thousand Island Lake, which was absolutely beautiful. I met a hiker named Trooper there before taking my lunch and nap. Then I started the climb and, while I went up, I began to listen to a distant thunder. Fortunately, it remained distant, which was very good, since it was well above the tree line and with limited places to cover. The numerous marmotes did not show fear of course; It must be nice to have a hole to which you can retire. Fortunately, there was almost no snow on the ground, so although the ascent was steep, it was quickly.

Thousand Island Lake is a beautiful madness, I have to come back here at some point.

When I reached a higher point and crossed the snow bursts from Yosemite National Park, snow bursts began and thunder suddenly became stronger. I could see that I was raining a few miles in the Valley below. Wanting to get under the tree line in case the storm turned my way, I hurried downhill, the fast speed also helped me hot in a day that had cooled a lot. The snow fell intermittently, although fortunately it was soft. There were also many JMT hikers again.

The other side of the pass seemed much more stormy.

While descending in a change seriously, my shoes suddenly lost traction in the rocks under me and before realizing, I was falling. Fortunately, falling back, not forward or to the side of the mountain. I shouted with the expectation of the painful impact of my butt on earth, but to my surprise he never arrived. Sitting there, I realized that my backpack had cushioned the fall almost completely, turning a shake into a little brightness in my hips. Thanks, backpack.

Campé that night in Lyell Canyon, enjoying the beautiful meadows surrounded by the sharp walls of the cannon. Remembering my fall, I inspected my shoes and discovered that the rolling band was seriously worn. The shoes that seemed were close to their end of life and suddenly I realized that they were probably contributing to the irritation of my ankle now that they could no longer provide enough support. Clearly, the new shoes were in my future.

Day 85: hamburgers in Tuolumne Meadows

The day began with a beautiful and gradual descent through beautiful meadows. I went to many JMT hikers, but I began to see more and more day hikers when I approached Tuolumne Meadows. Suddenly, the path joined a well -paved road and entered abruptly into civilization. The cars were passing, the tourists walked through Gogging for the views, and at least two groups of deer practically posed for photos.

I arrived at the Tuolumne Meadows grill just at lunchtime. Hunger was in full swing and consumes two hamburgers, french fries, a salad and a soda while my electronics loaded. I also had a reasonable price, a surprise for such a tourist area!

Mountain vibrations are different in Yosemite.

I left around 3, ran quickly to Myles and Swing Set that I had met in Mammoth. We walk next to multiple waterfalls and vast views. Yosemite felt remarkably different from the previous sections of the Sierra; The mountains felt lower, but somehow. Campé that night at Glen Aulin High Sierra Camp, quite close to the Tuolumne Falls base. I was still full of those lunch hamburgers, so I slept early.

Path Statistics:

Cathols: 28

It stops to filter water: 117

Results: 14

Hitches: 15

Ceros: 15

Crys on the path: 12

Ampoules: 12

Gear repairs: 19

Miles jumped: 212.3

Significant water crosses: 75

Falls: 1

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