Trip Report
Kings Canyon up the JMT.
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Friday September 2, 2011 3:01pm
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Took off with daughter #2 on a romp up the spine of Kings Canyon last week. 62 miles, five nights, five 12,000' passes. Yeah, my knees hurt. Daughter had a touch of altitude sickness, so the first 24 hours were a little slow, then we charged.
Good time to be packing a Nikon - four days with clouds; beautiful, puffy, magestic, heroic clouds! Can't beat that. Bugs were still real bad everywhere, got hailed on both sides of Mather Pass, but morning broke clear at Palisades Lake (see above picture).
Curiously, not many people on the JMT. Two women northbound on the run, trying to set a (supported) Muir Trail speed record, raced by us while we were having coffee - they'd missed their first resupply two days before and had been out since with no food or gear. They gave up at LeConte Canyon, and hiked out over Bishop Pass.
Gorgeous stuff out there last week - more at: http://stevedunleavy.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Sequoia-National-Park-Mt/14362691_ZkXVmS#1458866885_GgFPRgs-A-LB
and: http://www.flickr.com/photos/42507736@N02/
Cheers,
Steve
Steve in Tahoe
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About the Author
Steve in Tahoe is a social climber from Lake Tahoe, NV. |
Comments
Nohea
Trad climber
Living Outside the Statist Quo
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Good time to be packing a Nikon
I gotta agree with that, Thanks for the share and that's a nice set of 82 fotos on the link.
Good Stuff!
Aloha,
will
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Steve in Tahoe
Mountain climber
Lake Tahoe, NV
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Author's Reply
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Sep 2, 2011 - 03:51pm PT
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"Thanks for the share and that's a nice set of 82 fotos on the link."
Sorry 'bout that - only about the first 20 are from the most recent trip...
thanks for looking!
steve
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Gene
climber
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Steve,
The 82 pics are great! You should post your favorites here so more can see them. Many great memories as I looked at them. Thanks!
g
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Nate D
climber
San Francisco
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Some beautiful photos. Way to draw out the colors in those landscapes.
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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good photos
rig?
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
ne'er–do–well
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Amazing photos. I could swear you're shooting Kodachrome. Dusy looks like good bouldering (or at least talus running) grounds. We try to replicate the mountains in a climbing gym or home wall, but never will measure up to the real thing. Props for getting out there that far to worship at the alter of such unclimbed (will never be climbed) stuff.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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62 miles, 5 passes over 12,000?
Your knees deserve to hurt!!
Way to go dad!
More pix please??
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Steve in Tahoe
Mountain climber
Lake Tahoe, NV
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Author's Reply
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Sep 3, 2011 - 09:57am PT
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good photos
rig?
Nikon D90 / Nikon 10-24mm / circular polarizer filter is the basic rig. Sometimes a ND grad filter also. Started carrying a 18-105 this year for more reach when the wide angle won't work. Tripod stayed in the car at the trailhead - to heavy for a trip like this, but maybe I'm a wuss...
The middle pic above of Rae Lakes was my daughter using a Canon G12, a pretty good point and shoot I usually use for diving.
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
On the road.
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Holy sh#t those are nice photos!
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Steve in Tahoe
Mountain climber
Lake Tahoe, NV
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Author's Reply
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Sep 3, 2011 - 01:03pm PT
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Here's one more, Arrowhead Lake, looking north towards South Baxter Creek drainage. This picture really knocks me out, can't tell you why, I'm not a trained photographer, I just like the way it came out.
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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The Range of Light indeed!
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, steve... neat share... thanks so much....
will have to come back to see more, later...
*slow pic, stuff, for me...
but i enjoyed the basic setup, and the writing notes,
:)
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Ezra Ellis
Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
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STELLAR PHOTOS, Thanks!!!
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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Beautiful pictures Steve, wow! I never tire of looking at the SN, from being there to being elsewhere.
edit: Wow that pic at Guitar Lake.....dude!
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kaholatingtong
Trad climber
The fake McCoy from nevernever land.
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i enjoyed these a lot thanks for sharing. for someone that just last summer did the jmt they definitely bring back memories from a diff perspective on the same landscape. cheers.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Oct 13, 2011 - 04:16pm PT
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Gotta get me to Kings Canyon
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