I keep hoping the trail will flatten out just a little bit but so far it's not really cooperating. From Mammoth, the trail took me through the Ansel Adams, Yosemite, and Emigrant Wilderness Areas, and I've lost count of how many passes I've gone over. Still hiking a lot in snow, but at least for this stretch I did not have to ford any sketchy rivers.

The last couple days I've been hiking with a couple women that had already teamed up a couple weeks ago for the Sierras. They are definitely an odd couple, one being from Taiwan and the other from the Netherlands, one being less than 5' tall and the other being over 6' tall. Throw me into this mix and we make quite the oddball group. It's interesting to me how thru-hiking builds camaraderie in people with such diverse backgrounds.

Passed the 1,000-mile mark.