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    Andrew F
    Member

    @andrew-f

    Locale: San Francisco Bay Area

    Emigrant Wilderness SUL Trip – July 13-14

    group shot

    From left to right, in back: Andy D., James W., Chris S., Ellen C., Kevin B., Eric's friend Sandor, James D.

    In front: Random PCT thru-hiker, Eric L., Julie J., Andrew F., Jay W.

    Missing from the photo are Jack and Adam who showed up a little later.

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    switchbacks

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    emigrant lakes basin

    flowers and molo mountain

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    "Does this make me look fat?"

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    emigrant meadow lake

    I hope everybody enjoyed the hike as much as Ellen and I did. Thanks everybody for coming, particularly those who drove a long ways to make it. Let's hike together again soon.

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    James DeGraaf
    BPL Member

    @jdegraaf

    Locale: Bay Area

    Flowers were blooming and very beautiful on this trip.
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    Three of us, Kevin with the hammock, James with the Golite SL2, and me with nothing for shelter, spent Friday night sleeping in the woods at the trail head.
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    This was James' fist night with the shelter, though, not the one he brought on the trip. That would not have been SUL.
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    Along the way, we met a few PCT hikers. Here is Seth Brewer, who in addition to being really cool to talk to, correctly identified the make and model of nearly everyone's backpack. (So much fun to meet other gear junkies!)He even recognized Jay as, "the guy from the website!"
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    Andy with his homemade cuben backpack, similar to Zpacks Zero. (Look at those swithbacks!)
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    A stream where we filled up our water.
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    The first glimpse of where we'll camp for the night. (I think it was the lake farthest to the left where we camped)
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    Eating dinner that evening. (Even though you can't tell from the photo 9 of the 13 people had Patagonia Houdini wind shirts with only one repeated color, there were two reds)
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    Hiking early the next morning through the meadow. (You can make out Andrew's white xpac MLD Burn)
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    Obligatory self portrait.
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    To be continued…

    #2006223
    James DeGraaf
    BPL Member

    @jdegraaf

    Locale: Bay Area

    Our first break after Brown Bear Pass (easiest pass of the whole trip)
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    Relief Reservoir
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    The welcome sign from Kennedy Meadows as we were exiting.
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    The road home.
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    Thanks for putting this trip together Adrew and thanks to all for coming, it was great to experience this with other BPLers.
    -James

    Ps. If I got names of places wrong please correct me. I not that good either.

    #2006250
    Chris S
    BPL Member

    @bigsea

    Locale: Truckee, CA

    Julie and I had a blast on this trip. Thanks for organizing it, Andrew. And thanks to Jay for letting us borrow the 2 person bug shelter.

    I haven't sorted through our pictures yet, but I did upload the one video we took just after the final climb on Saturday. High Emigrant Lake, where we camped, comes into view about 9 seconds in.

    Emigrant Wilderness BPL Trip

    #2006262
    USA Duane Hall
    BPL Member

    @hikerduane

    Locale: Extreme northern Sierra Nevada

    Seth from TS?
    Are you sure those last photos from Relief Reservoir on arent' mine? :) Thank you, would have been fun to tag along, but my gear is not SUL yet. Off to Desolation Thurs. At least my food for 6 days/7 nights weighs more than my gear.
    Duane

    #2006270
    Justin Baker
    BPL Member

    @justin_baker

    Locale: Santa Rosa, CA

    How hot was it? It looks like you were at some lower elevations. It was over 100 when I went there back in early June.

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    Jay Wilkerson
    BPL Member

    @creachen

    Locale: East Bay

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    #2006319
    James DeGraaf
    BPL Member

    @jdegraaf

    Locale: Bay Area

    I don't remember seeing a stepped pyramid or tropical island. I bet you saw those while you were way ahead of the rest of us ;)

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    Steven Paris
    BPL Member

    @saparisor

    Locale: Pacific Northwest

    James,

    You need to look up more when you're hiking.

    You're missing the good stuff like ancient pyramids!

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    David Ure
    Member

    @familyguy

    I camped on that tropical island once. It was divine.

    #2006327
    Eric Lundquist
    BPL Member

    @cobberman

    Locale: Northern Colorado

    Emigrant Route Elevation Profile

    http://www.hillmap.com/m/ag1zfmhpbGxtYXAtaGRychELEghTYXZlZE1hcBjMrIMBDA

    Hillmap shows 26.8miles, A GPS said 30+ at the end of the day.
    4,057' Elevation gain, 7,381' Elevation loss

    Gearlist:
    Baseweight = ~ 8lbs
    Baseweight + Water + Food = ~17lb

    SMD Wild Oasis
    Plycryo Groundsheet
    Mix of Ti Shepherd Hooks and MSR Groundhogs
    MYOG Quilt
    ZRest (4-sections for backpack frame/sitpad)
    Thermarest Prolite 3
    BPL cocoon UL 60 Vest
    MountainGoat Merino Hat
    Nylon Pants (Worn the second day due to sunburn, OUCH!)
    Patagonia Houdini
    Darn Tough Socks (Sleep Socks)
    Patagonia R1 Jacket <– Threw this in last minute as I was cold sleeping at TH.
    Evernew 450ml Companion Cup w/ Ruta Locura CF Lid, Snow Peak Hot Lips
    Trail Designs Caldera Cone Sidewinder
    MYOG Brian Green Esbit Tray
    Matches + Mini Bic
    REI TiWare Long Handled Spoon
    Bear Bag + Rope + Throw Sack (Very few trees, so I borrowed space in an UrSack)
    MLD Prophet
    NyloBarrier Pack Liner
    1L Snapple, .9L Evernew, 2L Platypus as dirty bag, Sawyer Squeeze, Tornado Tube
    Tom Harrison Map + Button compass
    Petzl e+lite
    First Aid Kit
    Ditty Kit (Chapstick, Pencil, Knife, Sunscreen <– REAPPLY OFTEN, MSR Nano Towel, bug headnet)
    Toiletries (Child's toothbrush, toothpaste, Bug spray)

    Worn:
    OR Oasis Hat
    Sunglasses
    Patagonia Merino 1 Zip-Tee
    ExOfficio Boxers
    Underarmor Running Shorts
    DeFeet Wooleators
    Inov8 Roclite 315
    BD Ultra Distance Z-Poles

    More than 11 items and over the 6lb limit but this trip was both my longest in milage and my lightest. I definitely have seen some areas that I could trim more if I wanted to. No torso insulation and use my quilt inside my windshirt like Andrew modeled for us, and I think I'll try going cookless too. I was envious of Jay's assortment of fresh foods vs. my light/compact processed junk.

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    USA Duane Hall
    BPL Member

    @hikerduane

    Locale: Extreme northern Sierra Nevada

    That's more than 11 items. :) I might have been able to do that weight.
    I have not been in to Emigrant via the PCT, nice views. Which lake was that island at? :)
    Duane

    #2006507
    Adam Criswell
    Member

    @macrophyllum

    Locale: Northern California

    Really great trip, thanks for organizing Andrew. My feet were definitely complaining but my soul was refreshed, a good trade off I think.

    A few more pictures:

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    Jack doing emergency repair on my backpack

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    Sunrise

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    Group shot, with everyone I think

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    Kattt
    BPL Member

    @kattt

    Looks like a great trip. Thanks for posting the pictures.

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    Chris S
    BPL Member

    @bigsea

    Locale: Truckee, CA

    Some more pics….

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    #2006645
    Andrew F
    Member

    @andrew-f

    Locale: San Francisco Bay Area

    Great pics everybody. Adam, that one of the sunrise with lupine in the foreground is desktop wallpaper worthy – got a higher res version posted somewhere?

    Justin, it's very unusual for it to be that hot up there. That week in the Bay Area was unusually warm. Temps were back to normal this time – 70-ish during the day and an overnight low of somewhere in the high 40's.

    There was only one item I didn't bring that I regret leaving at home – my Esbit stove windscreen. Everything else worked out fine. Here's a list of what I left behind:

    -Tenkara rod and fishing kit (OK, maybe I regret leaving this one behind too)
    -Pack frame
    -1/8" thinlight for sitpad/to go under NeoAir
    -Puffy jacket
    -First aid and repair kit
    -Extra tarp guyline
    -Balaclava
    -SPOT messenger
    -Watch w/altimeter
    -Compass
    -Hand sanitizer (had soap, usually bring both)
    -Toothbrush and toothpaste (used scotch instead)
    -Extra firestarter (brought a single mini-bic)

    #2006954
    Adam Criswell
    Member

    @macrophyllum

    Locale: Northern California

    Thanks Andrew, I did a brief trip report on my blog. You can find the sunrise photo there, feel free to use it as a background.

    http://danceswithangiosperms.blogspot.com/

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    Andy Duncan
    BPL Member

    @bluewater

    Locale: SoCal

    Many thanks to Andrew for organizing a fun trip and to everyone in the group for making me feel welcome (as the only SoCal hiker).

    PCT hiker "Naturally Caffeinated" and Kevin. This guy really was caffeinated. . .

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    Latopie Lake and Koenig Lake from the first pass.

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    Fearless hikers on the snowfields.

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    James taking a break on the PTC.

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    The wildflowers were blooming everywhere.

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    Jay on the way down the switchbacks to the Emigrant Lakes area.

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    High Emigrant Lake and Emigrant Meadows Lake.

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    Cross country travel on the second day.

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    On the way to Brown Bear Pass.

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    Relief Reservoir.

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    For the gearheads in the group here is a link to my:

    SUL Summer Sierra Gear List

    #2007476
    Jay Wilkerson
    BPL Member

    @creachen

    Locale: East Bay

    Great pictures Andy and it was nice to hike and meet you. We won't hold SoCal against you! LOL

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    Andy Duncan
    BPL Member

    @bluewater

    Locale: SoCal

    Thanks Jay! It was good to meet you after reading your posts and photos here on BPL over the past few years. . . and great Belize photos.

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    Marc Eldridge
    BPL Member

    @meld

    Locale: The here and now.

    Nice trip. Would have been there but was somewhere else. Hopefully next time.

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