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Super trip...thanks for the pics, and leading the way Mike & Sean. I always learn a lot when I hang out with you guys. I enjoyed meeting Rob/Lou, and hope Sean and Lexi are feeling better. You and JC & Co. were clearly missed the following day(s). I have a ton of pics I'll try and figure out how to post for group access, too.
Thanks for letting me tag along.
Ken, you have been requested to attend Pismo and pay a visit to Donna and Jason :) I visited with them in Mammoth on my way home yesterday, and they all said to say HI.
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So it looks like Google changed my Picasa account over to Google Photos for good. As such the ability to embed photos is gone. Way to go Google. I see this as a step back and makes the account pretty useless now. It also ruins the write up I typed up last night.
I've got to search around to see what to do now, stay tuned.
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I went to Flickr. I wouldn't say I like it. but it works.
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Thanks again to all for a great trip. Thank you also to Troy and Sean for setting up the tracks which proved invaluable especially since we had people arriving and departing at different times. I recorded tracks each day and will post them up below. Each day was filled with wonderful comrade and breath taking scenery. Yes it was beautiful but we were also above 10,000' which literally takes your breath away.
My Trip started on Thursday after work. Slimscherer and I gassed up and departed Folsom, CA about 3:30 pm. Traffic was light but we were in the mountains most of the drive, stopping for dinner in Bridgeport.
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We drove for what seemed like a long time arriving in Bishop at 10pm. After getting more fuel and tying up some loose ends we were airing down around 10:45 pm under the power lines at the beginning of the flat sand. From there we climbed and climbed. We saw a few astroids and Bishop slowly fading in the distance but for the most part this was my view.
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Our path Thursday night is the white outlined track below.
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We got into camp at Funnel Lake about 12:30 am and everyone was asleep. We set up our camps and hit the rack. At sunrise I decided to go for a walk and check out Rocky Bottom Lake. I sleep well in the back of the 4Runner and when I woke it was around 40*.
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The walk was short but was mostly bouldering and at that point I realized we were really high in elevation.
Trail into Funnel Lake.
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Funnel Lake and camp
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Rocky Bottom Lake
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After breakfast and some chatting we packed up to meet JC.
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Once we settled at camp we thought we’d walk the short distance to what we thought was a fishing hole. There was no pond there but we decided to hike the mile uphill to Hidden Lake and try our luck with the fishes. We hadn’t really planned on this hike but we had a map and went for it. We were rewarded with the views and fish.
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I’ll let Adam tell the story about his little fish friend.
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Our track for the day
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