JMT-

Jay,
What/where is that reddish mound of scree? With all of the exposed granite I sometimes forget about the other geologic formations in the Sierras.
Tom

Jay,
Enough already with these dribs and drabs of your trip!! You've shown us a few pretty pictures, while professing that those were the best 14 days of your life, but I want a proper trip report about your JMT hike. No more of these half measures. Now quit messing around and invest some time into doing it right. I want photos, captions, gear list, and Colin Fletcher type inspirational prose describing the majestic views from the passes and magic of alpenglow on the exposed granite. You owe it to us and you owe it to yourself.

Tom

P.S. I'd really would appreciate it since I'm sitting here in PA watching the last bit of snow melt into the muddy little hills and trying to live vicariously through others on BPL after having put my three kids to bed.

Ditto! Get with it Jay!

Thomas that is Red Cone just past Reds Meadows….and for a trip report-well?? I am not the best story teller or spellur for that matter. A picture speaks a thousand words.
I took a journal with me and wrote every night. I took notes on the wildlife I saw which was the most important thing to me. Like I saw 24 total Deer and 5 Elk. Hummingbirds, falcons, hawks, quail, marmots, ducks, one Garter snake, 3 different types of lizards, one coyote, frogs, trout and one very large harry spider in my TENT!!!! Oh yea and lot of bats right before sunset. I really want to hike the JMT again I just need to find the time.
THe JMT is truly a hike of a lifetime!!!

from '05 solo:

enjoy.

– k

Just because I can!

Jay,

Keep them coming.

Really gives me a nice smile on my face as I grind it out in my cube at work. :)

-Tony

Agreed, they put a smile on my face too.

Thanks Tony and Brad!!! Its all good

Glacier Point

Hey, Jay!

All I can say after having watched these threads pictures is that I am impressed! Very good pics!

Darn, that bear canister looks like it weighs a TON!

Cheers

Jay,
I've done a lot of things and had a lifetime of great experiences but your photos are one of the few things that make me wish I'd been born in 1989.

Keep on hikin'

Thanks Dennis, That means a lot-keep on hiking!! I am happy that people enjoy the pictures.

A Picture speaks a thousands words!!
Sapphire Lake

Again, please keep 'em comin.

Awesome pics! You going back this summer?

Jay,

With all these great photos that you have, you should seriously think about putting a photo essay together about your own trip with a bit of narration.

You can toss up a few each day and keep adding to it.

I would love to see and hear a bit more about your solo trip.

Create a full story to show the JMT from start to finish.

-Tony

I hope so Nate! It hard to get off 2 weeks all at once.. Nice trip report on Skyline to Sea– I did the same hike about 3 years ago. Hope we say ya at Henry Coe. Bring your Titanium POT.

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