Seldon Pass

Day 55-July 2

21.2 miles

Camped at Mile 873.7

My socks and shoes were still wet and cold from the river crossing last night so putting them on this morning elicited excessive grumbling. The canyon where we were camped held in the cold air. After about an hour of hiking, we left the National park. For about the last week or so we have been in Sequoia and Kings canyon national parks. They were absolutely beautiful and lovely to walk through.

Today’s pass was called Seldon pass. It felt significantly easier than previous passes. First of all, it was at a lower elevation so a lot of the climbing was still in the trees with the shade instead of over exposed rocks. Then it was a more gradual climb. We stopped at a lake to swim and eat lunch with about 500 feet of elevation left to go up. After lunch, our whole group hiked out together. It has been a lot of fun hiking with a group. It is Semi, Gnome, Pebbles, and Shuffles. Then at lunch we met up with Spiderman again and found Tadpole at a river crossing. They had been hiking alone and wanted company so our group grew. The last few miles to camp we walked all together in what felt like a conga line. Eating dinner together was filled with so much laughter and jokes. Some of us exchanged food that we were sick of eating and others wanted to try something new. Then the mosquitos got too bad and we all headed to the tents for refuge.