by Phil » Fri Aug 26, 2016 6:08 pm
Ha! I've got 8140 at the trailhead, 9220 at the Sunrise junction, drop down to about 8650 feet-ish to the pond, begin a long, but steady climb from the pond up to the next junction at 9100 there, then to 9926 at the summit. I guess my elevation varied, and I stepped on a rock that I think added 2 feet, as well as only walking on the left side of the trail, which I thought was a shortcut, but maybe wasn't when I think about it in retrospect.
I prefer to call it: I'm here, I need to get there. Or: pain, no pain, pain, no pain, pain....it's not a good trip if someone doesn't whine at least once, and it wouldn't be Yosemite if someone wasn't getting cited or arrested for doing dumb stuff of some kind or another.