A terrific trip report by one terrific hiker, author Peter Potterfield.
This time Peter is checking out a new itinerary invented by Ian Elman, founder of Southern Yosemite Mountain guides, which won National Geographic Adventure magazine’s trip-of-the-year honours in 2008:
… a sixty mile backcountry journey that takes the hiker through the Ansel Adams Wilderness, over Post Peak Pass and into Yosemite National Park, and along the unique drainage of the Merced River before reaching, eventually, the dramatic high country of Tuolumne Meadows. A side trip to the summit of Half Dome via the cable route is a standard feature of the journey. …
I’ve always considered this region (#4 ranked in the world) hiking heaven.
Click through to Great Outdoors for the full trip report with annotated photos
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Fabulous route, but very annoying post on Great Outdoors – all fluff, very little info, excellent photos but no map or route description, intended to fire you up but provide no info so you have to hire the guide service. Essentially a promo piece for his sponsors.
Keep up the good work Rick. Selling ads is great – nothing wrong with generating income – but the content itself should be free of commercial messages; PP crossed the line in my book.