we car camped friday night. we left LA around 4pm, got to sequoia around 9 or 10 at night. set up base camp at lodegepole and called it a night. woke up the next morning and headed to the visitors information center and got our permit for backcountry. we were very much on our way around 10am, saturday morning. we did a 8 mile hike to our second base camp. the hike was pretty much in snow and fog the whole entire time and it was freggin awesome! due to the freezing temp my camera died out the first day. so i dont have too many cool pictures. here are our pictures documenting the trip:

my poncho

waiting in line to get our backcountry permit.

1.1 mile into our hike. next stop: wolverton cut off in 3.0 miles… 1/2 way to base camp #2

iz dere sumthin’ n mah teef?

eatin’ mah lunch, poor boy sandwich! yum!

how cool do i look…?

some one froze off their balls

fresh bear paw prints in the snow!!

there is 1 deer hoof print…

it cleared up for like 2 mins…

8 miles and 6 hours later.. we reached base!! and this is where my battery dies because its about 30 degrees and snowing. loves it!!

that night we went to be in damp clothes. we didnt know conditions were going to be this bad so we didnt bring enough dry clothes. it was a cold and wet night. but we survived. me and mo had a hard time getting up in the morning. it was like 30 degrees the whole entire time and snowing. the snow came down pretty hard too. the only water proof thing i had was that stupid poncho. so i tried my best to stay dry.

saturday morning, having breakfast

i feel so hardcore

after breakfast we packed up all our shit and headed back to the trailhead. there is no way we could stay another night over here, due to our lack of clean clothes and conditions were only getting worse and worse by every second. the snowflakes just got larger and larger. i was sad to go… but i’ll come back for round two, and i promise i’ll be more prepared the second time around.

on the way back… the trail is covered in snow….

see the snow?!

we hauled fucking ass. we did 8 miles in 4 hours. got to the trailhead around 3 or 4. i stripped off my layers and luckily michael had a pair of dry sweat pants for me to borrow. so i was finally dry and kinda warm. i was able to dump out muddy water out of my boots. i threw my poncho away…

we made the 5 hour drive back to LA. i got home around 9pm, took a shower and knocked the fuck out.