Lurkers Please Introduce Yourself =)

[austex]

Steve,
Welcome. We all look forward to trip reports; especially me being so far away.

[Tom_H]

Hi all,
The wife and I started backpacking back in college 70's then took a few dwcades off to raise kids and deal with other life issues. Five years ago we took up backpacking again with trips to Snow Mountain Wilderness, Lost Coast and sections of the JMT. Thia year we have a week trip to Emigrant Wilderness planned for Memorial day week and I'll be doing a solo SOBO of the JMT in July. We pack light under 30lbs for a week to ten days now. I't quite a change from the old days of 50+lb hike which I certainly don't miss.

Welcome Steve,

We took a hiatus for child raising too and Emigrant is one of my favorite places. Glad to have you on the forum.

Tom

[Granite]

Hi all

I found this fantastic forum last spring as I was preparing for an early summer trip into the Emigrant Wilderness and was looking for some information.

By way of background, I live in AZ now (not many great backpacking locations here), but grew up in So Cal and backpacking in SEKI -- both sides, out of Wolverton/Crescent Meadow and Whitney Portal. My first trip years ago when I was in high school was to Moose Lake. Three day trip that changed my life!

Thirty years later, the Sierras remain my favorite place on earth and I now take my boys backpacking 1-2 times/year here.

I hope to post a TR from our Emigrant Wilderness trip last year - hopefully will be of interest to folks planning 2014 trips.

Not sure where we will head this year. Definitely one more trip to EW, probably one additional.

Also, I recently discovered the joy of fly fishing. Getting gear this month and really looking forward to fishing this summer

Chris

[maverick]

Hi Chris,

Welcome to HST! Looking forward to reading your Emigrant TR, welcome back to
the Sierra.

[rlown]

I hope to post a TR from our Emigrant Wilderness trip last year - hopefully will be of interest to folks planning 2014 trips.

Chris

I'd love to see your TR!

Russ

[oneyedwilly]

Hello-

I found this site recently as a friend and I started to plan for a JMT hike at the end of summer. The plan started to develop as we drove up 395 on Friday night before Opening Day (a 35 year tradition with few misses).We fished Intake II and had a good weekend with moderate success. I live in San Diego and try to get to the Sierra a few times a year. I have some backpacking experience and a lot of car camping from Bishop to Bridgeport. Thank you in advance for all of your sage advice. I hope to post a TR in September. But for now, back to reading.

Bill

[maverick]

Hi Bill,

Welcome aboard HST! Looking forward to reading about your adventours on the JMT.

[RodofJ]

Little down time at work on a Friday afternoon... thinking about a week long trip to Kaweah Basin in late June or early July. Thought I'd post some pics from the JMT last year. What's awesome, of course, is that there's nothing "special" about these pictures:)

[maverick]

Hey RudofJ,

Welcome to HST! Thanks for the wonderful photos, all Sierra photos are special here.
Hope you will get some more down time and post a full TR about your JMT hike from
last year.
Kaweah Basin is a very special place, if you need any intell please ask, several members
have visited KB.

[AlaskaIsCold]

Hi!

So yeah my name is Chris.

I used to hike in the sierra nevadas when I was in the scouts but its been a long time since I have done it. I think the last time I was up above 10,000 ft was when I was around 17-19 Then I ended up going to Alaska for my undergrad and grad degrees. Right now im actually working in Death Valley so its not so far from the action so to speak. The only thing I am worrying about is the fact that I haven't been in a high altitude environment for a while. So I am going to try to work up to it. Doing some overnights around white mountain to try and build up some ability. My goals this summer is to get my backpack, bivy, and camera and get out there! I want to do overnights and maybe 3 day weekend trips, but I need help with planning and I need other people to help me with reality checks,

My Goals Are
--Convict Basin via Laurel Lakes
--Tulainyo Lake via Russel/Carillon Pass (I have no idea how to get the permitting for this)
--Banner Peak via Thousand Island Lake

--Chris