1 We left Marin at 6:30, met Wednesday at Castro Valley Bart at 7, stopped for an In and Out burger, and arrived to the mountains around 11:30. Tried to find a place to sleep of Quail Flat cost us some time, and eventually we parked ourselves on National Forest land off Big Meadow road. THere are much better spots further down the road, but by midnight, we didn't really care.
2 Nick waking up. Later that day I commented on waking up in a ditch and ending up at a beautiful lake.
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7 Lunch at Watch Tower. Obědváme na vyhlídce.
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10 Nick blends in with the granit. Kamaráda je těžko barevně rozlišit od okolního granitu.
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31 Pear Lake ranger station that is used as a ski hut in winter is down among the trees. Wednesday and I have good memories of previous snowshowing trips.
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33 It is shaped like a pear. Hruškové jezero má tvar hrušky.
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55 Rich has a tent and then sleeps outside, as long as there is no rain.
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63 We started crosscountry part of the trip by climbing up from Pear Lake basin.
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65 First injuries, and we are not even out of the sight of Pearl Lake. První zranění než nám jezero zmizelo z pohledu. To byl začátek našeho pochodu bez stezek.
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70 We found a social trail leading us around a ridge. Našli jsme neoficiální stezku která nás dovedla kolem vršku.
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83 This was the dead tree on a horizon that was our next point. Suchý strom na horizontu byl naším dalším postupným cílem.
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133 I broke my pole on the way back from our afternoon outing when I stepped into a crack in a big granite block. I was unhappy with losing my pole until I realized that it took the beating that my trapped leg otherwise would have. Much better breaking a pole than breaking a leg... So i am very happy now. Cestou z odpoledního objevovacího výšlapu jsem šlápla do praskliny, odřela si nohu a zlomila hůlku. Když mi došlo že zlomená hůlka mě zachránila od zlomené nohy, vrátila se mi dobrá nálada. Odtud by se špatně šplhala ze zlomenou kostí.
134 I had to wear long skirts to work for a week, and that was it. Turned to be absolutely nothing. And Leki is replacing the broken pole part.
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140 Curious marmot. Zvědavý svišt.
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145 My tent on a mainland. Spala jsem na pevnině.
146 Wednesday, Nick and Rich slept on one of hte peninsulas. Kamarádi spali na poloostrově.
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149 We needed to go around the ridge on the right. Potřebovali jsme se dostat na druhou stranu hřebene napravo od nás.
150 Lunch with some great views. Oběd s výhledem.
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177 We stopped to look giant sequoias and General Sherman. The boys were most impressed by local benches.
