NOBO JMT 2018 (2) --- Horseshoe Meadow to Mt.Whitney

7/21 Siberian Pass Creekまで

4:30起きる。軽く頭痛。高度障害。6:00出発。Cottonwood Pass 10:00、時間が早いのか人がいない。Chicken Spring 11:00、Lunch。14日分の食料を持っている(バックパックは33 kgくらい)ので、早く歩けない。14:00、水場、2016年のキャンプ地の近く。天気が悪く、雨粒が落ち始める。予定通りRock Creekへ行こうと思ったが、迷って昨年の湖でテントにしたいと思った。水を持たずに歩き、16:00、昨年の湖の跡、完全に干上がっていて焦った。どこにも水たまりなし、仕方ないのでPCT沿いにRock Creekを目指した。Rock Creekまで一時間ほどの所、西にSiberian Pass Creekがあったので、トレイルから外れてテント設営、しばらくして雷雨になった。夕食のメインはアジのみりん干し。

7/21 to Siberian Pass Creek 

I woke up at 4:30. a slight headache, due to the altitude. started at 6:00. Cottonwood Pass 10:00. no one here. Chicken Spring at11:00, Lunch. I had 14 days of food ( the total pack weight was around 33 kg), and I could not walk fast. Arrived at the small stream at 14:00, where I camped in 2016.  The weather is bad and a light rain began to fall. I should go to Rock Creek as planned, but I wanted to pitch a tent near the lake last year I had camped. I walked without water, and I found the dried-up lake at 16:00. There was only a trace of the lake, No water anywhere.  I headed for Rock Creek along PCT. But I found Siberian Pass Creek was at the west from the trail when I came to the 1-hour distance to Rock Creek. I pitched my tent quickly. Then the thunderstorm came after a while. The main dish of dinner was the dried fishes seasoned with mirin. 

Chicken Spring Lake

near Siberian Pass Creek

7/22

4:30 に起きる。ゆっくりして6:50 スタート、トレイルがなく、しばらくクロスカントリー、7:10トレイルと合流。水量が少なく、Rock Creekはlog bridgeで渡れた。Rock Creekを越えて、WA762の水場 10:30、lunch。Guyot Pass 12:00。Crabtree Meadow 14:30、天気が悪く、すぐにテント設営。15:30からもの凄い雷雨。inReachで天気をチェック。明日は11－17時は晴れるとある。もちろん、あまり当てにならない。夕食はアジのみりん干し。明日はMt.Whitneyで雷に遭う可能性が高く、夜中過ぎから出発することにした。 

Woke up at 4:30. I started slowly at 6:50. There was no trail. I did a short cross-country and joined the trail at 7:10. There was a little amount of water and I was able to go across Rock Creek on a log bridge. I crossed Rock Creek and took lunch at the watering place of WA762 10:30. Guyot Pass 12:00. Crabtree Meadow 14:30 and the weather was bad and I pitched my tent immediately. The heavy thunderstorm began at 15:30 and continued for a long time. I check the weather by inReach. It may be fine from 11:00 to 17:00.  Of course, it was unreliable. The main dish of the dinner was the dried fish seasoned with mirin. There was a high possibility of the thunderstorm afternoon near Mt.Whitney.  I decided to start to hike at past midnight. 

The log bridge of Rock Creek

Guyot Pass

Lower Crabtree Meadow, heavy thunder and rain

7/23

1:00に起きて朝食、2:30出発。珍しく、ヘッドライトで真っ暗なトレイルを進む。
I woke up 1:00, ate usual breakfast, started to hike at 2:30. The trail was in the complete darkness.

Guitar Lake を過ぎると、やっとヘッドランプが不要になった。
I passed Guitar Lake, the headlamp was no needed.

Guitar Lake

Mt.Hitchcook

from Mt.Whitney trail

At the peak of Mt.Whitney

Mt.Whineyに10:40、一応、午前中登頂の目標は果たす。写真を撮ってくれたハイカーを撮すが、名前は聞かなかった。
I climbed Mt. Whiney at 10:40. I had to reach the peak of Mt. Whitney in the morning. I took a hiker at the junction of Mt. Whitney trail, I did not hear his name. 

This guy had a good skill for a camera.  

脚が遅いこともあるが、雷の来襲が早い。2時過ぎにGuitar Lakeで雷が始まる。Timberline Lakeまで逃げるが、追いつかれる。その後は、酷い霰と雨と雷、一時、木陰に避難するが、どこにいても危険なので、先を急ぐ。17:30にテントに到着。天気が悪く真っ暗だった。
My walking speed was slow, and the approach of thunder was quick. The thunderstorm began near Guitar Lake after 2:00. I was captured by the thunder at Timberline Lake. After that, there was heavy hail, rain, and thunder. I hid under the tree for a while, but everywhere was in danger. I walked quickly in the heavy thunderstorm. I arrived at my tent site at 17:30. It was already completely dark, because of the bad weather.

Timberline Lake( Thunder was approaching)

Heavy hail and thunder

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