Six of us (Dave, Mike, Tom, Gene, Rush, and Ken) completed the John Muir Trail through California’s high Sierras in 18 ½ days (approximately 225 miles and 84,000 feet total elevation gain). We leave left northern Virginia Tuesday, August 17, at 5:30 p.m., flew to LA and caught the Amtrak bus/train/bus at 1:30 am on the 18th. We arrived in Yosemite Valley by noon and took off about 2:00p.m. The first night we camped above the trail to Half Dome and hiked up Half Dome early the next morning. We ended at Whitney portal on Sept. 5 hiking, on the average, of just over 13 miles a day.

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