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Do you want to share one of your adventures with us? Click on the "CONTACT US" link at the bottom of the Navigation bar at left, and send us an email. With your permission, we'll post it here so that others can read it!
Here's what some of our readers have written...
Jeff from Austrlian writes:
Hi guys love your blog and have been browsing heaps. I was reading your comment about maybe in a hammock and that it might be a problem if you have a bad back because of the curve. Let me put your mind at ease please. In my case I have a chronic back problem and find the proper camping hammocks just, well awesome, I cant sleep on the ground in a tent my back is that bad. DD hammocks and the like are wonderful to sleep in and can take all the weather you can throw at them all while gently being rocked to sleep and once again I can go camping. Im now 43 (cough)ish with a dodgy ankle dodgy knee and a dodgy back to boot, thanks to hammocks im in heaven while in the bush.
Cheers from Jeff
Australia
Thanks. Jeff! The next time we see a hammock hanging around, we'll try to take it for a spin!
M&P Alex of the Tahoe to Whitney trail writes:
...Unable to miss the whole hiking season due to injury, I just completed a nice 51 mile loop iin the Carson-Iceberg Wilderness using the TYT heading South, and returning North via the PCT.
I wrote about this trip and the many fine PCT-TYT loops that you can carve out of the Carson-Iceberg in a Trip Report. If you have not explored this Wilderness in depth, now is the time to start thinking about next year's hiking. The Carson-Iceberg deserves your attention.
I have put up a new Fall Weather page for backpackers. This page offers a wide range of resources including forecasts, maps, radar, satellite, ground-reporting stations, and even road conditions. If you have additional resources you'd like to see there, let me know.
In due time. Right now I'm putting together the videos and guide pages for the Ebbetts Pass to Sonora Pass section of the PCT. It's in draft form, so if you have any information that you want incorporated into the guide, contact me. As usual, each trail guide page connects to a forum for that particular location on the trail, so comments can always be appended through the forum.
The new pages start at Ebbetts Pass, and continue South to Sonora Pass. I'm currently building the videos for this section before I fill in the detailed maps, mileages, and trail descriptions. It's a work in progress that you may find interesting even now.
Well, I'm swamped and I've got to get back to work. I hope you are doing well, and I look forward to seeing your trip reports on TW.
Alex Keep up the good work. Alex! We really like to read the trip reports---and are delighted that you post ours as a part of your site. Glad to hear you are feeling a bit better..and hope to see you out on the trail!
M&P
Julia of the CSERC writes:
 Came across an old email from you and thought I would share with you the blogs I wrote on a "solo" (had my furry friend accompany me) trip I did this summer in the Emigrant. http://www.cserc.org/blog/ . Scroll down to the series "Backpacking the east side of the Emigrant" if you are so inclined :)
(The photo at left is from here blog report on her trip to Snow Lake...
Thanks Julia! Our last trip was into the Ansel Adams Wilderness...pretty nice stuff. But we were surprised that we saw so many people. It is amazing that places like Carson-Iceberg, which are so easy to access, still seem to have fewer people that Ansel Adams...
Here's a link to that report:
And if you like that, you'll enjoy some of the subsequent stories about meeting people, fish etc on the trail!
M&P PL Writes:
5 days of PERFECT weather, blue sky every day, few skeeters and only during dinner , light breeze, temps : 80 daytime 50 nighttime perfect. trail was sweet, great long gradual hikes, water plentiful everywhere, stream crossings were fun, swam at every opportunity, cold and refreshing, trail workers at Ottaway lakes were a riot. THis will be their last year but they were so sweet and freindly and had a "halloween " party with 20 invited guests from all over
 Above Ottaway Lake .....August 26 ..stunning and no bugs !!
  OTTAWAY LAKE STILL NO BUGS TILL DINNER TIME, BUT NOT BAD  "SNOW CUPS " FROM THE TOP OF RED PEAK PASS LOOKING NORTH (I THINK ) AUGUST 26, 2011  The flora was in FULL BLOOM everywhere !!! I can't thank you enough........ thank you.
PL
WOW! What great photos! And what a great trip! We look forward to seeing you out on the trail....and keep these trip reports coming!
M&P P and J Write:
Just back off the trail and wow was it great. As you predicted, it was nothing but good trails and beautiful scenery. The hike was long and every mile had something to enjoy. I must really thank you for all your support and advice...
You've seen all the pics that you need but I'll send you a few when i return home
5 clear blue sky days with perfect temps and swimming every day. What could be better.
Next time we plan , we'll certainly council you.
P & J Thanks for writing back to us, guys! These kinds of notes really make our day!
M&P
JG Writes:
Thank YOU, JG, for the note and the kind words. And please let us know if there is anything you'd like to see here....and we'll do our best to keep them coming!
M&P Mark Writes:
I want to thank you for your help in my recent backpack. It turned out just as I
had hoped. It was an easy trip in, 3-400 elevation gain, but only 3 miles . Found a nice little lake, swam, viewed the stars at night. The mosquitoes were bothersome, but the weather was great! Perfect time with my son, his first ever and mine in 15 years. How cool is that? Hope that is the first of many great trips, Mark!
M&P SN Writes:
Hey M&P: Just returned from a great hike in the Emigrant Wilderness. There is still some snow at the higher elevations that obscures some of the trails and the mosquitoes are a bit of a bother but the Emigrant is still awesome.
Left from the Crab Tree trailhead and made our first stop at Granite Lake, which required some off trail hiking. Then to Toe Jam Lake, Wire Lakes. overland to Leighton and Resasco lakes and then to Louse Canyon and Cherry Creek before coming out at Crab Tree. 37 Miles with about 18 miles of off trail. Never shared a lake with anyone. Conditions much like mid June.
That's one of our favorite areas! We spent four days there last summer, and didn't see a sould for three of them! And permits are a piece of cake--simply stop in at the Pinecrest Lake Summit Ranger Station, and ask for one... And the topography is simple enough that it is pretty easy to get around, even off trail.
M&P LB Writes:
Hello M & P, Wanted to tell you that we took your advice and scheduled our first backpacking trip as a family to Youngs Lakes. It was a spectacular experience. Thank you for your inspiration and the pragmatic approach to this wonderful form of travel, on your website. The only thing we would change is to stay longer and perhaps go in August when the bugs are not quite so plentiful. I backpacked once as a teen and my husband and son have never backpacked, nor had our friends (without a guide). We were two middle aged couples and three boys (20/18/11) – one bad back, one bad knee and we all had a fabulous time largely because we had your site to guide us. We packed light, got the right equipment, and enjoyed simple but delicious meals. Thank you much!... ...Our next trip is the Channel Islands in a few weeks. Our backpacks are ready and it will be a simple exercise to finish off the food prep and take the boat to our island wilderness. Warmly, LB What a great note! We love hearing from our readers about their adventures--especially when they turn out this well!
M&P
DH Writes
Wow Paul! I am glad that I found you...My name is David Hubbard, I was born in Yosemite while my Dad was Chief Park Naturalist there.
I am building a site http://www.undiscovered-yosemite.com/
It is different from all others since it is built and written from the perspective of an NPS family living in the Park.
It has taken on a life of it's own. it seems.
To date most of the pages are historical in nature, though I have touched on some of the more common mammals. I would love to have our link appear at your website, we aren't
a hiking site, but I do think that we compliment what you have done.
DH
(PS Remember catching a turtle at Lake Elanore as a kid while hiking there with my Dad back in the 60's...she was beautiful!)
Thanks DH! Your site looks like a lot of fun--and we plan to explore it more over the next few days. Since P's father was also a ranger (State Parks only) when he was a kid, he knows a bit about the "backstage" part of parks....and how interesting those stories can be!
M&P KD writes Hi I got back from the trip with the kids. The kids stayed at Lane Lake for two nights. They love to swim and catch crawdads. They had a very good time. I can't believe how warm the water is. I ventured forth into Freemont Lake and got lost into Piute Meadows. Man the mosquitoes were out for blood over there. Crossing the creek to Freemont Lake was very easy. Much of the water receded. After the hiking trip I took the kids to Traventine hotsprings during the day. Not the best time to soak in hot water but fun nevertheless. Thanks again for all your help. That's Great KD! Glad you and the kids had such a great time. And it's good to know that some of those creeks are beginning to calm down a bit. We're going to get a first hand look at some of those in about ten days!
M&P
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