Legs and Borders

"We will miss Sierras, in the desert everyone was like: Where the fuck is water?! In Oregon everyone will be like: Where the fuck are mountains?!" Energizer Turtle Easiest day since Forester Pass, but it started in a very draining fashion. During the ascent of Muir Pass it suddenly got cloudy and it started to snow. It carried on snowing for couple of hours and the temperature dropped significantly. I was hiking using only one trekking pole, trying to give the injured hand some rest, it backfired quickly as I stepped on ice covered rock slipped and landed on the injured hand adding few extra cuts to it, and cursing the very moment I stepped on that glissade yesterday. On top of the pass was a very good Muir themed shelter, I stayed there for a break trying to defrost my hands and face. Snow fields carried on for many miles on the descent, but since the sun never came out and it was still snowing, there was no problems with post holing people seem to have here. Once the snow p...