Alone on the JMT

One woman's story about spending 26 days alone in the wilderness. - by Carolyn Higgins

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Recent Posts

Days 26 & 27: The End of the Trail
Day 25 Lyell Canyon to Upper Cathedral Lakes via Tuolumne Meadows
Day 24: Thousand Island Lake to Lyell Canyon
Day 23: Thousand Island Lake
Lunch at Garnet Lake- Trail Reality vs. Trail Fantasy
Day 22 on the JMT: Getting Lost Leaving Red’s Meadow!
Day 21 – Red Cones to Resupply day at Red’s Meadow!
Secrets of the John Muir Trail: Silver Pass & Tully Hole
Voices in the Wind at Mono Creek
Surviving Loneliness Solo-Hiking the John Muir Trail
Day 16 on the JMT: Nowhere to Hide
Shiny Happy People and the Gifts They Leave Behind
New Comment Notifier that Works!
How Can I Ever Go Back?
People are Strange, Passes seem Wicked (When You’re Alone)…
Just Hike..
Day 11: Rae Lakes to an unnamed pond below Pinchot Pass
Day 10 – Rae Lakes Happy Zero Day!!!
Glen Pass: I Met my Match
Independence: Resupply, Restore and Renew
Arriving at Onion Valley
Day 7: Ups and Downs
Forester Pass: A story of Life and Death
Tyndall Creek to the Foot of Forester Pass
Tyndal Creek Camp – Night 5 on the JMT
Plateaus, Peaks and What I Left Behind
Squirrel Tales and Gear Fails
Mt. Whitney: The descent
Hanging out on top of Mt. Whitney
Day 4 – Climbing Mt. Whitney
Reaching the JMT- Crabtree Meadow Basecamp
The Scariest Moment of My Solo Hike
Day 3: Sleepless nights and break ups
Day 2- Chicken Spring Lake to Soldier Lake
Day 1- CottonWood Pass to Chicken Spring Lake

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