Monday, July 6. Mid-40s and sunny going up to upper 60s.
Up at 5:00. On trail at 5:50.
I had 6.5 miles to finish before 9:30 in order to catch the shuttle to Kennedy Meadows North. Decent climb for the first 4 miles. Surprisingly, I had to cross 3 big snow traverses and 3 small ones. Unfortunately, the first big traverse resulted in an accidental 150-yard glissade. I got a few scrapes and bruises. But to add insult to injury, I lost a pole way up and had to climb back up to retrieve it.
Finally made it through the high pass and started downhill.
I arrived at Sonora Pass at 8:30. Put out my tent rain fly to dry and waited on the 9:30 shuttle to KMN.
Arrived at KMN at 10:30. Checked in but can’t get my bed in the bunk room until mid-afternoon. Had a nice breakfast in the restaurant then took care of town chores: Shower, laundry, dry out tent, patch hole in tent floor, inventory leftover food, resupply, charge electronics, send Pitcrew the list of things to bring to Tahoe.
They have WiFi but no cell service. The WiFi is so bad that I can’t upload or text photos. I will have 10 days of blogs to post when I get to Tahoe in 3 more days.
Had lunch in the restaurant and washed my laundry a second time. With detergent this time 🙁
KMN is a cool place and not just for hikers like KMS was. It is also a working ranch and does mule pack trips into the outback.
Had 3 good meals at the restaurant and checked out the saloon for a bit. Purchased two days of resupply and got my bear can packed and ready for tomorrow. Overall, a nice day at KMN!
Technical Notes:
- Protein Bar 300
- Banana Chips (18p, 30g): 150 kcal, 20g carb, 8g fat, 1g protein
- Steak and eggs, toast and hash browns
- Orange juice
- Chili Cheeseburger
- Tater tots
- Root beer x 2
- Ribeye
- Baked potato
- Soup
- Salad
- More
- Water liters: 1
- Miles: 6.64
- Time: 2:48
- Up: 899
- Down: 1785
- Calories consumed: 4000
- Calories burned: 987
- iPhone battery used: 10%
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