Taken on my trip on the John Muir Trail a few months ago. Bullfrog Lake, Kings Canyon National Park, California [OC] [3024 × 4032]
![Taken on my trip on the John Muir Trail a few months ago. Bullfrog Lake, Kings Canyon National Park, California [OC] [3024 × 4032]](https://i.redd.it/w8mdg7hb55mz.jpg)
Posted Sep 16, 2017, 12:41 AM UTC
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Yea, if you could keep Sequoia and Kings Canyon on the down-low and keep letting people go to Yosemite, that would be great
Yours in confidence,
Everyone who prefers Sequoia and Kings Canyon NP
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As a Fresno native i second this. Keep posting pictures of half dome.
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Totally agree. I'm from Fresno as well and we want people to just keep going up there while we enjoy the quiet clean parks .
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As a fellow Fresno native, the caveat here is that this only applies when they aren't on fire.
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Sadly, very true.
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I'm only like 2 hours away and have never been to either... Every time I want to go no one wants to join since it isn't Yosemite...
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Well I understand it's not as appealing to go solo if you're not used to it, hiking and camping by yourself has its own set of challenges and can be really fun. 90% of visitors don't get past the first mile of the trail so even the giant forest can offer you some good, quiet hiking. It's worth the trip
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Haha exactly
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I love sequoia and kings canyon, but damn, yosemite has got to be my favorite place in the world. I would give anything to explore it the way Muir did, without any of the crowds.
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Just visit in December/January instead. Bring a set of snowshoes or cross-country skis and you can explore while avoiding all the crowds.
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I just moved to the bay area, so I've been thinking about doing that this winter. I've been in every season except winter, so that's been a goal for a long time.
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Last time we went, was febuary. Saw more wildlife then ever in summertime. Yah, its cold, but man, its gorgeous.
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Winter is absolutely the best time to be there! It's a different world.
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Or just take almost any trail more than 3 miles away from a parking lot at any time of year.
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Kings canyon is one of my favorites, beautifully quite :)
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We're planning on going to Sequoia and Kings Canyon soon. Yosemite is definitely a shit-show at the moment. I think they need to ban cars and force people to take shuttles within the park. The National Forests between Yosemite and Sequoia are also great.
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I just got back from Yosemite and found it to be less crowded than usual.
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Ditto!
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I went all through the west back in the 70's. Kings Canyon was my absolute favorite place in the world. I am sure if I go back it won't be the same... so many more people now.
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I love this area. I always get an annual pass and it's never busy. I can't wait till it starts snowing again.
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Yes.
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Yeah... changing my up vote to a down vote but it's probably too late.
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word
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The main reason Yosemite gets all the attention is because it has a trans-Sierra highway and is Disneylanded to hell. To get here, you have to go over Kearsarge Pass. That effort gets rid of 98% of people.
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I asked my now wife to marry me on this trail. Some of the best scenery you'll ever get
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How many wives have you had?
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At least one
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omg! He tricked them into getting those life insurance policies.
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My husband proposed to me here too!
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Are you two husband and wife with secret names?
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Bellin' through the mothafuckin' creek, y'all
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tryna get this motherfuckin weed off
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Why didn't the freestyle keep going?
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Peep "JoHn Muir" by ScHoolboy Q
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!redditsilver
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the second i saw that title Q came to mind, cool to see this scene now
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A different angle from my PCT hike a few years back. One of my favorite spots of the trip and it's not even on the official trail!
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I can almost smell the crispness of the air
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Holy crap. So amazing.
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Great shot, feels like I'm there
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Wow! Look at all those happy little trees.
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I hiked '12. The perfect year!
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JoHn Muir
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Great pic!
Looks like a group of mountains sitting around a poker table. Oh wow...pleeease title this, "Mountains Playing Poker." I'm way too excited about this.
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Haha thanks! Never thought about that before, but now that you mention it, that would be a great title!
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The little inlets make it look like a few have their hands extended out a bit onto the table. Imagine what my Mom had to deal with.
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Dropping you off to catch the short bus? Help us out here.
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Sorry can't relate to that or the help you need.
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Applied this to my home and lock screen on my s8+
It looks real nice
Great picture!
Thanks
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I did red meadows to Yosemite valley last year on the JMT. Simply breathtaking... every bit of it. Thanks for sharing!
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Sooooo Cali is pretty much perfect huh?
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Cali is fucking gorgeous
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I have yet to visit. I'm thirty and live in Texas so far this year I've been to new Orleans, Philadelphia, Seattle and Denver. Cali is definitely next. But where to start and what to see when I get there already feels overwhelming
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Yeah, California is a massive state with lots of cool things to do. If you are into nature though you can't really go wrong no matter where you go. Happy travels :)
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Just don't go to LA. Its a garbage town. There is so much beauty to see in California don't waste your time in LA.
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I'm going to agree with you only because Chris D'elia brags about it soo much that it's gotta be garbage.
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wrong.
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Dope place. Dope song as well.
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WHat doesn't California have??
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Disclaimer: I'm a native Californian shill and could probably work for the travel board for how proud I am of my state and talk it up.
To answer your question: Not much. We don't have the tropics or the sub-tropics like Florida. Our ocean is not warm (but our coast is gorgeous). Other than that, we have just about everything.
It may be a hard sell, but California really is THE mountain state of the West. We have the tallest mountain in the lower 48, the tallest measured waterfall in North America, the largest alpine lake in North America, the tallest, most massive, and oldest living things on the planet (all different species of trees), dozens of glaciers, and California is home to John Muir's "Range of Light".
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TIL 6250ish feet is Alpine. That's weird to me, I feel I don't cross into Alpine territory until 8000 feet or so.
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I'm moving to the bay in 2 weeks. Please tell me more cool stuff, I can't wait to be there!
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Sure! By land area, California is about 50 percent larger than Germany, and if it were a country, California would have the world's sixth largest economy. The highest and lowest points in the lower 48 are both in California, and are only 88 miles apart. The nearby Owen's Valley is the deepest in North America, with a valley floor below 4,000 feet and mountains on either side well over 14,000 feet. California is the only state in the Continental US to have 14ers in three separate mountain ranges. Despite being larger in land area than the Alps in Europe, the Sierra Nevada receives so much snow that it becomes largely impassable in the winter, with only a few mountain passes cleared of snow and kept open (using explosives...they used to use artillery but the unexploded shells were dangerous to hikers in the summer). A big winter storm can close the passes for days at a time (and historically have even stranded passenger trains), with daily snowfall accumulations that can be measured in meters. In the depths of a big snow year, there can be 40-80 feet of it on the ground in places. Because of this, warm sunny days in late spring and early summer can prompt flood warnings in the Foothills and the Valley because of melting snow.
The Redwood Forests (temperate rain forests on the coast) are the most productive land biome on the planet in terms of the amount of living matter per square acre. The scenes of the Endor Moon in Return of the Jedi were filmed there. The redwood trees are so large that there are species of insects found only in one individual tree.
California is home to more National Parks than any other state, including Yosemite, which was the first land set aside to be federally protected as a public resource (Yellowstone was the first National Park, Yosemite was number two). Lassen Volcanic National Park is home to one of California's many active volcanos, and Lassen last erupted in 1915.
There's a lot more you can say about this state, but those are some fun facts to get you started.
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Common sense.
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Brings back great memories. I hiked the whole JMT last year, and it was so stunningly beautiful.
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How do I post pics via earthporn the bot never lets me can someone help btw sweet pic mayne. For example what's the (oc) 3024x4032?
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That's the image resolution in pixels
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What version do you have?
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What he said, and I believe OC is "Original Content" as in he took it himself.
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The documentary, Mile Mile and a Half, on Netflix is really cool. They walk the entire JMT. Highly recommend!
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No longer available on Netflix :( Hopefully I can find another way. I'm interested.
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Thanks for the info, gonna watch it.
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Kings Canyon National Park is hands down my favorite park. Beautifully captured.
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Thank you, it was so breathtaking hiking over Forester Pass and entering the park.
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I spent a summer working for the California Conservation Corps on Forester Pass! You probably stepped on some rocks I moved. It was the best summer of my life. Kings is incredible. Thanks for the photo, brought back memories! :)
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from a guy with MS, don't stop hiking! nice pic
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Great photo, what camera did you use?
Edited cameras to camera
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I actually took this on my iphone 7. Wanted to bring my DSLR on the trail but couldn't justify adding those few extra pounds to my pack.
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You need to show this to Apple and have them give you an iPhone 8 to take pictures with.
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What the fuck. How does an iPhone 7 take pictures of this quality?
Sorry I'm just having a really hard time believing it, I have an iPhone 6 just now and it doesn't even come close to this. Did they make big improvements between 6 and 7?
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Pictures like this make me want to get off my ass and go travelling. Live in the U.K. but have plans to, when I have money, travel to the US and Canada for several months and just explore.
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No way dude, I went on a 1 month long backpacking trip through the Sierra just 2 months ago. On the Jon Muir Trail no less!
Actually we went off trail after we got pretty deep into the Jon Muir wilderness and peaked Silver Bullet then hiked another 100~ miles.
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Damn that sounds so fun. I can't wait to go back to the Sierras next summer.
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I just wanna jump through my screen and go exploring
At a crossroads in life, there's nothing I want more than to bury myself in backpacking anywhere, everywhere. Fuck just get me out of here.
Takes about $5,000 to do the entire Appalachian Trail in one push, known as a thru-hike. That'll take about 6 months of your life's time and bury the fuck out of it in backpacking. It's a truly amazing and worthwhile experience to have. And you can section it if you can't save 5 stacks, but the culture and experience thru-hiking should not be missed! Source: I just finished it.
while 5k$ isn't huge, 6 months worth of wages is, that's the true cost that most of us can't afford.
Depends where you are in life. If you're kid free hate your job and your lease is up soon then fuck it you don't get a second chance at life. Do it before your knees or back give up
Add your rent and taxes to it too. The best time to do this is after college when you still live at your parents.
Broke college student here. I think everyone young person wants to travel. $5,000 is a lot for me, a hell of a lot, but with the right budgeting anyone can do it. My parents wanted to travel when they were younger, and couldn't, but now they're obviously both working and won't get to until they retire. Also means they're older though so it will most certainly limit to what they can do traveling wise. Kinda sucks to think about if we don't travel young the chances of going out to do it grow even slimmer as time progresses.
Hiked the PCT last year... $5k is accurate as far as costs once the hike starts, give or take. However, be prepared to spend another couple thousand on some high quality, LIGHTWEIGHT gear. The hardest part really is getting the time to complete the hike (about 4-6 months; and over 2,600 miles). Other than that, it was the most amazing experience of my life so far!! The John Muir Trail is basically a 200ish mile section of the PCT in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and is, in my opinion, one of the best sections. It is also one of the toughest sections as you climb and descend steep mountains at elevations up to around 14,000 feet. All that said, I would highly recommend!
I'm class of 2016 as well! (my trail name was Socks, but I know there was more than 1 Socks). Funny seeing this photo and thinking, "huh, I don't even remember this lake or this view." There are so many amazing views up there, you become hella desensitized to shit like this. To look at it now though, makes me ache for it.
I envy you, the friendly kind of envy. Congratulations, you crazy one-eyed person, you.
Thank you very much.
I'm looking at a March trip to truly leave my work for a minute.
Personally wanting to trek the countries of my ancestors. Germany, Norway, Japan, France. Let's ducking go!
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The Appalachian Trail is nice but it is no comparison to the John Muir trail in beauty or in how challenging it is to backpack.
Both terrain wise and topographically speaking the AT is much harder than the PCT. The John Muir trail can't really compare as it less than a 10th of the size of the AT, it is more of a west coast Long Trail (Vermont trail, ~270 miles). Comparing those two trails would be more intriguing to me.
5k? I thought "Hiking the Appalachian trail" was just the cost of a flight to Argentina to shtoop your misstress.
Do it. Don't think, just do. Someday you'll be married with 2 kids as the thoughts of former adventures will keep you going strong as you sit through tee-ball games and look forward to when they head to college, so you can resume adventuring.
Take the kids with you exploring. They'll grow up better people for it.
We do, but they're young and definitely impact the travel budget. "Exploration" is much more local these days.
No idea who you are, but I love you.
I'm kind of going insane at the moment and I need to do something.
Life man, what the duck.
What the duck indeed my friend. What the duck
I quit my job last year and blew $8,000 (all but about $300 of my savings) on a 47-day, 10,000 mile solo road trip from my home in California to Alaska and back.
Best thing I ever did and I'd do it again in a heartbeat.
This might sound crazy, but... Go with the expectation that you're going to die.
Go.
Explore. Be curious. Be fearless. Be open to a reasonable degree. Get lost; and when the time is right, either find yourself or get found.
And speaking from personal experience, don't neglect the return to society or you may find yourself in a helluva quagmire.
Ninja edit: you're going to die someday, just like all the rest of us.
Do what my dad did; put em inboy scouts and you'll find yourself doing 10 mile hikes once a month till Philmont. Then you'll be doing 10 mile hikes every day for 7 days straight. (Along with a lot of other activities like mapping, survival cooking, shooting, basket weaving, navigation, survival swimming, art, etc.)
I want to learn more. Specifically, did your dad do the 10 mile hikes while you were away in camp? Or are you suggesting it gets kids to do 10 mile hikes for fun? I mean I know that's 70s tv taught me about Boy Scouts but it sounds to me like the best bet is to go exploring while they're away at camp.
Cut your toothbrush in half and join us in r/Ultralight
We'll get you well equipped and ready for any trail.
Here we go.
Look into volunteer adventure travel. It's a great inexpensive way to see the world, work for a good cause and get out of your comfort zone. You'll learn a lot about yourself and make amazing memories!
I agree.
First step is committing. Then buy some gear.
While I am a gym rat, no steroids pls.
I agree with the rest of the commenters, if you ever get the chance to go backpacking, do it! The natural beauty is worth it and it's an amazing learning experience at any age.
About to be 32.
And it's the first time since my 18th.. that I'm actually thinking about it.
Oh crap.. I'm about to do this.
So what are you waiting for? Pick your dates, buy your gear, and don't forget about your permits!
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Get out and do it, it is a meditative experience. Far from the maddening crowd.
Exactly how I feel right now
I'm here man; message me anytime.
Where you thinking about backpacking at? I just did Zion a few weeks ago. Was amazing!
Been there. Left. Best decision ever.
Thanks Mike. Good name.
Mind the gap.
Door screen ? Your screen ? Monitor Screen ?
STD screen
Sunscreen, actually
I always say that. "I'll climb that mountain, what's over that hill?" Every time I get backcountry and I get to my campsite, I instantly collapse Exhausting beyond belief.
You can see me not wanting to explore when we made it to our site in Wyoming (Bottom right corner)
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Explore what, the rest of your room all shattered in glass and debris from your screen?
When I see shots like this, I can't help but wonder what it would be like to push my girlfriend off something so beautiful.
Dude just leave her, don't kill her
It's all just a joke my man, she'd of said the same
... because you like the bong rock in front waiting for the next hiker.
What would you be looking for?
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Is it discouraged to wander off the established trails or is that sometimes the "point" of this hiking business?
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Depends where you are and your experience really