Legs and Borders

"May the peace of wilderness be with you" California State Parks "We're on the elevation of a plane without being in a plane man" Spencer.   So mile-wise today doesn't look like much, but elevation-wise and out of PCT activity it was a helluva busy day. We set off from our camp in Saddle Junction as planned at 7am, descended 1600 feet to Humble Park-Car-Park, but we couldn't get any transport down to Idlewild so we just followed the road another two miles until we reached the city centre. We got there at about 9am and only one shop was open Idlewild Fairway, but it was decently stocked and we managed to get all our resupply done for next three days (our backpacks got way heavier at that point). Then we failed at finding a place to have a shower, as all the campsites required staying with them for a night (or buying a stay) which was 25$, a bit pricey for a shower, so we passed. Which means we will be going a week without shower now, but hey at least we g...

"It's always the second gate that suffers the lack of attention" Jarsh "At first this gate seemed a little standoffish, but I approached it with tentative care and when I reached out it opened right up" Dangeroso "Best gate I've opened since the last gate I opened" dannyrolf18 [Guthook app gate marker comments] What a killer day it was, we ascended 1660 meters (5.443 feet) and descended 1120 metres (3.663 feet) throughout the day. The plans to have an easy day and get into Idlewild in the morning has been revised. Since we hit high elevations we experienced quite a lot of snow patches along the way, luckily snowfall this year in the area is considered low so micro-spikes covering the shoes for better grip on the snow were not necessary, and that's a good news because I didn't have them. I'm planning to purchase it in Kennedy Meadows before we will start our way through Sierra Nevada mountains. Majority of the trail today was leading thr...