The Range of Light
The last couple weeks have easily been some of the most challenging and exhausting days of my life, as I have traversed into the High Sierra Nevada mountains. I've pushed my body in ways that I didn't know I was capable of, challenged fears, and saw some of the most spectacular landscapes California has to offer. It all started when I returned back to Lone Pine, CA, from a super fun and restful trail vacation to Los Angeles with my hiking buddy, Mibs. At that point Mibs decided to skip ahead to Oregon, and I was lucky enough to have my return coincide with the arrival of a crew of friends I have hiked on and off with for hundreds of miles, so I wouldn't have to hike into the Sierras alone. The downside? That crew had decided that for the next stretch of trail, they were going to skip one of the middle resupply towns, Bishop, and push straight to a resupply called Vermillion Valley Resort (VVR) - a trek that would require carrying 10 days of food at once, and following ...