After a few months of talking about it four hikers left for the high Unitas to walk a good portion of the highline trail. hikers were John "Grizzley" Volt, Kevin "Larry Boy" Yogui DeVries, Rick "Sherpa" Johnson and myself. Pack weight varied from the very smart person (me) of 26-27 lbs, to the all muscle, no pain, of 43 lbs of a to remain nameless hiker. We decided to drive to Chepeta lake and hike to Mirror Lake, a total of 74 miles away. We started at 930 AM on 8 July and hiked to Fox lake did our first 12K pass at around 1400 hrs and it is true that oxygen is scarce at that altitude, no matter what folks that are in shape say.
we made Fox lake, storms that looked like they were going to attack us backed off, but mosquitoes made their way in by the swarms. we set up camp at an old elk hunting campsite about 50 yards from the shore. then the routine of the daily hiker kicks in, set up stuff, get clean water, get a fire going, cook dinner, check your feet for anything going wrong, then eat. Grizzley and Sherpa tried their luck at fishing for a while after dinner. around 8 pm due to bugs and the fact that it was hiker midnight we called it a night. distance walked - an easy to moderate 11.3 miles. highest elevation was 12,200, lowest around 9500. around 10 pm a herd of deer came through camp on the way to the water.
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