High off life in the High Sierras

Welp, we decided to keep on keepin' on which may not have been the case had we not stopped into Kernville. I want to give a BIG thanks to Shane for giving us a ride to Kennedy Meadows and to Grant and the wonderful staff at the Kernville brewery who encouraged us to keep going. You all are amazing individuals and we cannot thank you enough for the wonderful deeds you have done. Karma is good!
After we received a very warm welcome at Kennedy Meadows from our new friends, we began hiking the High Sierras which have been absolutely out of this world! After about four days in we started our climb up the highest mountain in the lower 48 states...Mt.Whitney (elevation 14,508 feet). After 3 hours of climbing we finally reached the peak and the views were sensational! Here are a couple pictures taken from my phone:












We hung out on the peak for a couple of hours and smoked a celebratory cigar and shared a half bottle of whiskey given to us by a couple of weekend hikers. We had just walked 760 miles AND climbed Mt. Whitney. I have never felt like such a badass in all my life...and then walks up the man who rock climbed to the top. Way to one-up me, dude.
In the next few days we will enter Yosemite, come up on 1000 miles, and will also complete the John Muir Trail! Pretty exciting stuff!
Mom- I will call you when I get to the next town...just please don't send out a search and rescue team like you almost did this past week. I'm in good hands :) No need to freak everyone out so I get 50 text messages telling me to call my mother ASAP. Love you!
And to all my friends and family back home- I miss you all terribly and think about you lots. Cant wait to see you again! Love each and every one of you so much!
I feel like I'm neglecting to write about all the hilarious shenanigans we have gotten into the past week but I'm short on time and must catch the bus back to the trail head. I will save those stories for later. Until next post!
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