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John Muir Trail, August 2005
Day 4: Island Pass Lakes to Gladys Lake. 10 Miles. I had planned this day to be easy. Seems like I spent most of the day in the forest, or in my tent escaping the storm, and that's why there are so few photos. |
| Yours Truly with Banner Peak and Thousand Island Lake. |
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| Gladys Lake, from its outlet. |
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| I camped directly on the canyon rim, between the lake and the cliff. Over the edge is the Valley of the Middle Fork San Joaquin River. |
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| My camp at the bottom right. The storm came roaring up the valley, with lots of lightning, and dumped marble-sized hail for a solid 20 minutes. I started to worry that the large hail would damage the tarptent, and might have taken it down if I had not been more afraid of the lightning and the hail hitting my head. In the end the tarptent was unscathed, and gained some new respect. |
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