Mt Whitney Zone Forums Trip Reports 95 Days in the Sierra

Reading your story is so inspiring, it just makes me want to get out there all the more. It reminds me that I need to get back to Sequoia and Kings canyon, and soon. Crossing the trail with white water and feeling fear reminds me of when I tried to cross the Queets river above the Queets camp ground early one summer. That was swelled with rain but I really wanted to get over not least to see the worlds Biggest Douglas Fir (disputed)
About a quarter of the way across I was over waist deep, the river was pushing me very hard, I was alone and under my feet were smooth rounded boulders, some very large, which had clearly all been moved regularly by the river. At about this point, near the start of a three month USA trip I re-evaluated my situation, and decided to return to the bank. I didn't want serious injury or worse and was very scared.

Your trip report is exhilarating, and I am hardly into it yet. I definitely want to plan for a reasonably long trip in this area.

Ohh I just read a little more, it was red wood meadow I was heading for when in Sequoia on the same trip, when I was caught in a huge white out snow storm, the rangers said oh it was lovely last week, I never did get to Red wood meadow

Thanks so much for posting.