End: South Fork Kern River bridge
Daily: 12.7
Total: 716.5
We finally got out of KM at about 2 today, after saying goodbye to Boomer and Dr. Sole and yogi-ing a ride from Partrick from Pasadena and John from Fullerton (?). We started from a little before the campground and then lugged our 40 pound packs up 2000 ft. I was becoming concerned because these packs are really, really heavy.
Then we got through one of the canyons, the trees thinned out, and our jaws dropped. Yeah, the packs will be heavy (we now have 3 lb bear cans, 7 days of food, ice axes and microspikes) but if it all looks like this, it won't be as hard because we will be so excited to see what's around the next corner!
I took a couple of pictures, but they won't do it justice. We saw Becks Meadow, the hugest alpine meadow I've ever seen, surrounded by mountains, some in the distance coveredin snow. There were multiple streams all glinting in the dying light. I can't explain how amazing it was after a month and a half of dry, desert mountains.
We crossed into the next meadow and found the Kern River and about 20 people camped near it. This Sierra trip is going to be crowded.
Anyway, time to sleep.
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