FULL VIDEOS HERE! After 8 months waiting for the snow to melt, I am finally back on the Tahoe-Yosemite Trail! Today's hike was a gap-filler to complete the footage of my last Section (which I could not capture because my batteries died) - and to show an alternate TYT route to begin Section 4 from … Continue reading Hiking The Original Tahoe-Yosemite Trail (Days 9b-10a): Alternate Route from Lake Alpine
FULL VIDEOS HERE! Section 3: Hwy 88 to Hwy 4 Finally getting to this section involved several challenges. Between record-breaking snow one year and a 4-month heatwave the next, it took me over a year to finally get back on the TYT. The weather was perfect (highs in the 60's and lows predicted in the … Continue reading Hiking The Original Tahoe-Yosemite Trail (Days 6-9): Carson Pass to Lake Alpine
SEE THE VIDEO HERE! So It Begins! My buddy Michael (trail name: "Dominion") accompanied me on the Desolation Wilderness section of the TYT (Meeks Bay to Echo Lake) on a backpacking trip from October 17-20, 2022. I had a decent schedule laid out - and while we had a few backup plans, they turned out … Continue reading Hiking The Original Tahoe-Yosemite Trail (Day 1): Meeks Bay to Rubicon Lake
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