below freezing. We slowly cooked and packed, washing our hair with
water heated on the stove waiting for the sun to reach us and melt the
frost on the tent. Once it did, I used a towel to wipe away most of
the water, stowed the tent on my pack and with one final check for
left items and a spotless camp we headed down the trail. We traversed
3 miles of spectacular open meadow where the drainage from Forrester
Pass and Shepherd's Pass meet. The two valleys combine to create a
landscape 3 miles wide, all at 11,000+ feet. Spectacular! We reached
Tyndall creek, then started up over a 700' ridge to drop into Wallace
Creek for the night. Nothing to report except hours and hours of
spectacular scenery, a few stops for food and a beautiful little
meadow once we dropped the 500' into Wallace Creek. Camp was at
10,600', so we were hopeful of a warmer night. We did encounter
something we have never encountered in the Sierras in August before -
Mosquitoes! We slapped our way through dinner, then retreated to the
tent to escape their onslaught. They hung on the bug netting looking
in, 50 or more. We had a nerd attack for a few hours while we read
"Math and the Mona Lisa" and had an animated"" discussion of Fibonacci
Numbers, the Golden Proportion and it's application to the pyramids
and the Parthanon. We fell asleep to sweet dreams of irrational numbers.
Chuck
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