Over the summer I had the chance to hike the James Muir Trail (JMT) that runs along the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. This trail starts at the Yosemite Valley and ends at Mount Whitney summit, which is the highest point in the lower 48 states at 14,505 feet. The trail is 211 miles long with total elevation gain of 47,000 feet. Click here to see the entire gallery Me by Garnet Lake This was not a "photo" expedition for me (even though I did take a small camera and took around 4K photos!) I had many reasons why I didn't want to make it a photography trip. Do you want to know why? Ok. My hiking crew. Mt. Ritter in the back there yonder. Reason number 1). This was my first real through hike. For you newcomers a "through hike" means to hike in one session or outing, the entire length of a particular trail. I've done multi-day section hikes on the Appalachian Trail (AT) before, but for this hike we scheduled 23 days....
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