{"id":3439,"date":"2019-09-02T20:38:32","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T03:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.loudonweb.com\/?p=3439"},"modified":"2019-09-06T20:39:38","modified_gmt":"2019-09-07T03:39:38","slug":"day-135-muir-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loudonweb.com\/2019\/09\/02\/day-135-muir-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 135: Muir Pass"},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning we started off with an ascent that was both rocky and steep. As the trail wound around some trees we saw on the slope above a buck that didn’t seem at all concerned that we were close and just kept on grazing.<\/p>\n

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Further along I saw someone sitting on an inflated sleeping mat just beside the path. A man was standing beside her and, as I approached I could see that the lady was using her satellite location device. I asked if she was OK and apparently she had slept there and was just slow to get going in the morning! Her son said she was 80 years old.<\/p>\n

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Our ascent became steep and rocky and at the higher altitude I again was bothered with breathlessness and fatigue. Our route crossed a few snow patches but we moved safely across them. Finally a brick chimney came into view and then I could see the whole hut – Muir hut was built in 1931 by the Sierra club and US forest service in honour of John Muir.<\/p>\n

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We descended from the pass and the rest of the day we were hiking mostly downhill. We passed some really beautiful lakes and followed some rivers down gorges.<\/p>\n

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We heard the approach of a helicopter and a hiker we passed confirmed that it was a rescue helicopter come to assist someone who had injured their ankle.<\/p>\n

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Today we had cooler weather and some patchy cloud cover but only a few drops of rain. Currently we are hiking with another couple – Clay (a meteorologist who is retired from the US Navy) and his wife ‘Tough Cookie’. Clay reassured us that the clouds did not appear ominous. We wonder what the weather will bring tonight and tomorrow.<\/p>\n

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We have now passed the 80% mark in distance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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