hamilton mines s72o (1 | 3)

barted out to fremont friday afternoon and headed south


climbing up hamilton


got lost on dirt and set up camp


alex firetested his marathon duremes


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several times.

Kings Canyon > Visalia via Generals Hwy (17 | 19)

Another long day with an amazing descent out of the mountains.








quintessential sequoia country, including sherman.

kings canyon ascent (16 | 19)

Started at 750ft. Ended at 8500. 6000ft on dirt. 3000 on pavement.








sweating it out. we descended the furthest ridge in the background the day before.


back to the sequoia

shaver lake to kings river (15 | 19)

this was a magic day


scale


scale


ready for the country





after this giant sequoia encounter, we pointed our bikes onto dirt roads and trails that would take us from 7500 feet to 750, in the midst of kings canyon. about as epic as it comes (it's also easier to take photos on days that aren't 10000+ft of climbing across 100 miles of 90 degree weather).


klunkin toward the canyon


klunkin down gravel


look close: kings river in the bottom right and snowy peaks up above


the sorts of features to behold in this empty wilderness


it's hard not to sound like a surfer when talking about this


sunset


scale|alex is the black speck in the switchback


west


it was fairly sweet for some while


dropping it


the valley was also dropping it




halfway down:more scale


fin

fish camp to shaver lake (14 | 19)

not pictured: 3 course breakfast and 4000 feet of climbing to bass lake




alex's ride, long-chainstay era mb-1

not pictured: 7000 feet of climbing to shaver lake up "the grade" (6 lane hwy with a no ac warning sign)


pictured: long day celebrations


sharing the cosmos

tuolumne meadows to wanona via yosemite valley (13 |19)

a festival of granite




near olmsted point


half dome


the valley


alex would join me for the remainder of the tour...

sorry for the downtime between posts, i've been moving my computer and unable: back online now

sawmill to tuolumne (12 | 19)

huge car traffic, smog in the valley, and lightly-used shuttles...


since I'd be meeting alex the next day in the valley, i had all day to climb and explore the meadows