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Desolation Wilderness October 5-6, 2002
Ten of us headed out into the unforgiving wilderness on one
frosty October morning. Only nine of us would return...
That's not quite true, it was actually quite sunny and warm,
and all ten of us did make it back. We met at the gear shed
at 6 am Saturday morning! And we left at 6:40 am, not bad
at all! My car, the first car to arrive at the Echo Lake Trailhead
arrive at 10:20 am and that was after stopping at the ranger's
station to get permits! Here's us packing up in the parking
lot...
After getting ready we had to wait for the other two cars
and do a car shuttle to our final destination: Mt. Tallac
Trailhead Parking Lot. The car shuttle took about an hour
round trip and when we came back we found the rest of the
group lounging in the sun...
The first day we hiked about 6 miles with about 1000 ft.
elevation gain. In other words a very chill day.
We arrived at Aloha Lake at around 4 pm. Since it was just
so nice and sunny we decided (or I forced them) to go swim
in the lake. After a few ear piercing screams everyone did
some swimming.
At this point my camera died, so I will put up more pictures
when I get them from the other people on the trip!
That night we had a variety of gourmet and non-gourmet grub
including, but not limited to, ramen, cous cous, cooked spinach,
carrots, pasta, fried garlic, hot sauce, other veggies, dumplings,
chai, spiced cider, tea, and water.
On to Day 2!
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