My Chicago Garden

We called off the trip early. In short, I was over ambitious planning for 8 days. The pack weight of nearly 40lbs (necessary for 8 days) was way too heavy. We think we could have done Mt. Lyell if we had planned for only 3 nights not 7 and the pack weight was [...]

A little late start, but we are on our way. See you in 8 days.

Base camp. Had dinner looking south into the ridge line over the meadow in the direction of our trip. Proving a good plan to acclimatize for a day as I have a headache. Very nice tent cabin to start the trip. Excellent cell coverage in the meadow area but Im sceptical in the [...]

At the permit station to pick up our wilderness permit. Then off to the lodge and dinner.

Gear is packed and ready to go. Ill be trying to update the blog with at least one picture each day off my cell phone, if we have cell service in the back country. I doubt it…but you never know.