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HIGH SIERRA: CALLED ON ACCOUNT OF PAIN : An attempt to get to the GWD via Forester Pass ~ Sept 27-29, 2016(28) images

Plan was to go do Thunder by way of Kearsarge / Forester passes and to see Picket Creek to the west of the GWD. After a very productive 1st day, I camped in the last group of stunted trees before the JMT begins it's final rise to Forester Pass. That night I got violently sick with abdominal cramps all night long. Completely dehydrated and exhausted by morning. A bit confused as to what was happening so took 2 casual days to walk back to Onion Valley.  

SUNRISE AT LONE PINE CG

SUNRISE START, KEARSARGE PASS TRAIL

EARLY MORNING, KEARSARGE PASS TRAIL

EARLY MORNING, KEARSARGE PASS TRAIL

SMALL TARNS NOT FAR FROM BULLFROG LAKE

LOOKING BACK TOWARDS KEARSARGE PASS FROM A SMALL TARN NOT FAR FROM BULLFROG LAKE

A VIEW SOUTH FROM THE TRAIL ABOVE THE JCT WITH THE JMT AT VIDETTE MEADOWS

HEADED SOUTH ON THE JMT

SLOWLY GAINING ALTITUDE ON THE WAY SOUTH TO FORESTER PASS ON THE JMT

FIRST VIEW OF MT STANFORD ON THE RIGHT.

NEARING TREELINE ON THE JMT NORTH OF FORESTER PASS

LATE AFTERNOON VIEW OF MT STANFORD FROM THE JMT

THE VIEW DOESN'T CHANGE MUCH BUT THE ALTITUDE IS

WANDERING AROUND LOOKING FOR A WATER SOURCE AFTER A LONG DAY ONE

THIS VIEW SHOWS THE HIDDEN VALLEY THE JMT WILL ENTER AS IT MAKES IT'S WAY TO FORESTER PASS

ANOTHER LATE DAY VIEW ON THE JMT

CAMPSITE JUST OFF THE JOHN MUIR TRAIL NORTH OF FORESTER PASS

SUNRISE ON THE EAST FACE OF STANFORD

MORNING LIGHT ON THE EAST FACE OF STANFORD

MORNING LIGHT ON THE EAST FACE OF STANFORD

DAY 2 - COMPLETELY EXHAUSTED AFTER A VERY SCARY NIGHT, IT'S TIME TO HEAD HOME

CAMPSITE AT THE END OF DAY 2

CLOUDY SUNSET AT SMALL TARNS BELOW BULLFROG LAKE

ROUNDING THE SMALL TARNS BELOW BULLFROG LAKE

ANOTHER VIEW OF THE SAME SMALL TARNS BELOW BULLFROG LAKE

BREWER FROM THE SHORELINE OF BULLFROG LAKE

FALL COLOR IN THE MEADOWS BELOW THE WEST SIDE OF KEARSARGE PASS

EVENING COLOR WEST OF ALBANY

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