July 15 Mile 1270 Quincy

Stayed at a trail angel's house last night, the food was absolutely amazing, im doing well and planning a long haul out of quincy to burney, ca... susan is planning on coming down to climb mt shasta with me around the 23rdish, and i will hopefully also take a zero-day at a wendy's. oregon border ETA is first week of august, the terrain has gotten very mild making 25's a regular day... 30's if i feel like getting on the trail before 8am (im lazy). i did a couple 20's out of sierra city due to fatigue and stomach cramps but soon figured out the bread i was eating was moldy. Oops.

Mile 1094 South Lake Tahoe

Ended up going out of Tuolumne and then going back into town due to fatigue and nausea. I stayed there for a while and got a prescription for Flagyl and have since felt great. The miles will be coming easily from here, but im sure there are many surprises in store...

Mile 940? Tuolumne Meadows

Got a stomach bug and back in mammoth, went to the doctor, etc., i think ive spent half of this month in town, hopefully headed back out tomorrow if i can keep food down.

Videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cRZbWe4p8A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm8-PxmOPGk

Mammoth mile 906

First off i would like to thank Francios, Ellen, Anna, & Scott for sharing their food and conversation when i was desperately low on both. A lot of hikers staying in town, the last section, due to unseasonably cold weather, has caused a lack of snow melt, and some additional fresh snow. Im going to take a rest day in town, but i feel absolutely blessed to have gone through the sierra at the time i did... it made things particularly beautiful and picturesque. There is no way to sum up the last section in 5 pictures.

Mile 790 Kearsarge pass/bishop

youtube.com/watch?v=AECggth-N5g






Hiked about 50 miles in my ill fitted shoes, its been freak weather here with rain frequenting even death valley. A lot of hikers are getting antsy but i believe the sierras are still passable in bad weather, will be taking a zero day here in bishop. Got my new shoes!

Lone pine mile 740

got off the trail due to some foot swelling & pain, suspect my new shoes arent fitting right, i reordered the same type of shoes i previously used and expect to head back up to the trail in a number of days

update: woke up this morning and swelling is mostly gone, weather is especially poor though, not a bad thing i guess to rest for a while