Jim weighs the advantages and disadvantages of going solo or with others on his John Muir Trail backpack. Practicalities mean he "goes it alone" for most of the more-than-200-mile trek. Early on he decides that one way to combat loneliness is to chat up the occasional hiker he meets in the backcountry.
His first segment is a 25-mile day hike from Yosemite Valley to Tuolumne Meadows, with nearly 6000 feet of elevation gain. It's a long day with unexpected encounters and a major mishap.
01/21/20 • 14 min
Flowing Water | Fragrant Mountains - Wherever Life Takes Me
Transcript
Flowing Water Fragrant Mountains is a podcast series chronicling the hiking expedition which J im Zumberge undertook in the summer of 2019 . It is a collaboration between Jim and his son Thomas. That's me.
Speaker 1Episode one: Wherever Life Takes Me.
Speaker 2I first visited California’s Sierra Nevada mountains as a high schooler in the summer of 1970, wh
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