2 - John Muir Trail - Boy Scout Troop 845 - Carrboro, Chapel Hill, NC - Summer 2008

On August 4th we set off on the 130-mile southern half of the John Muir Trail with no road access or re-supplies of any kind. Everyone was a bit nervous about this, and for good reason. Nine days of food was more than we could fit in our bear canisters and maxed our packs out in general. The packs were now at their heaviest point, and the mountain passes were ever larger, eventually working their way up to 13,600 feet at Trail Crest.

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