Saturday, July 7th
Before
I could start hiking today, I had to make a field repair on my backpack. I was a little disturbed as one of the straps
broke loose when I went to swing it up to my shoulders. I didn’t think to check the condition of the straps
before I left and I was a long way from anywhere to be saddle with a broke down
backpack. Luckily Amy had the foresight
to give me a utility knife before I left as a present for the trip. Thanks love.
I was able to use the pliers to scavenge a metal part off of a ski lift
pass holder with a zip line (I brought that as a “just in case thing” and it
sure came in handy) and use it to replace a pin that had fallen out of the
strap. That taken care of, I launched off on my hike
in good cheer starting 1 mile north of the Bear Ridge trail junction . The weather on the trip so far has been
spectacular. The nights have not dropped
below freezing and the days have been warm and sunny averaging in the 80’s at
the lower elevation and a bit cooler over the passes. Today’s
goal is to get within striking distance, 2 or 3 miles, of Muir trail Ranch (MTR)
where I will pick up my last resupply of the trip. The major work of the day will come when I
hike over Selden pass, 10880 feet.
Bear
Ridge was extremely steep both going up and coming down. The climb up Sheldon Pass proved to be not
that tough going up, but coming down I was a bit wobbly for some reason, my
legs and body were getting exhausted. I
arrived at Sallie Keyes Lake around mid-afternoon and since that is only 3 miles
from MTR, I decided to stop there. In
addition, someone told me that there was some really good fishing by the inlet
of the lake. That same person told me
about some wild onions growing by the streams out here and showed me how to
pick them. Those will be terrific fried
up with some fish if I catch any.
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| Golden Trout |
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| Bear Creek |
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| Bear Creek |
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| it looks like we have one tree's roots are holding on to it's brother's preventing it from falling into the stream |
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| Two hikers heading toward Selden Pass. The guy in the back, Phil, plays violin for the Toronto Philharmonic. |
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| Margie Lake |
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| View from Selden Pass |
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| Sallie Keyes Lakes |
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