Days 56 - 57 (June 15 - 16): Miles 760 - 787

Well after climbing to over 14000 feet yesterday we again climbed to over 13000 feet over Forrester pass on Friday. The views were amazing! After crossing the pass we descended past some beautiful small lakes and pools. I even had a quick dip in a small, clear but freezing pool.

We reached Vidette meadow and later some trail angels showed up. It was an Irish guy called Jeff. There was another Irish guy and other people but I can't recall the names. They handed out fresh veggies and snacks and made us cheese and ham tortillas on the fire the next morning. The mosquitos were crazy down there in the meadow.

Gnu caught a small trout and cooked it for us on the open fire. It tasted great. Another hiker also caught a few trout, cooked and shared it with us. Awesome stuff!

Saturday morning a large group of us climbed up Kearsage pass to get into Independence. I was pretty tired after the last two days of climbing. We hit the Onion Valley camp ground where some more trail magic was waiting for us. An elderly couple were camping there untill the end of the month with snacks and drinks for the hikers. We had some great soup there.

It took us a while to hitch down to Independence. A lady with her two dogs gave us a lift to a camp ground halfway there. Five minutes later the father of Sierra(Monkey), an 8 year old girl hiking the trail, gave us a lift the rest of the way.

I'm sharing a motel room with Willin and Duck, a cool couple I met a few days ago. Gnu is next door in another motel. Brian is in Lone Pine and we will probably hook up tomorrow.

Coolest thing that happened Saturday: I met Rian's (Jawbone) mom. She was hiking over Kearsage pass to meet Rian at the Kearsage lakes on the other side. She was taking pictures of all the hikers who knows him. She had a big pack but was going strong and looked very happy. Hope to see Rian again soon up the trail.

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