Tag: Jonathan Davidson
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Bear Lakes Basin Traverse: Part 5
Up Pine Creek | Pine Creek Pass | Feather Pass | Dancing Bear and Italy Passes | Full Circle Full Circle We had planned for an early morning departure, aiming to be on the trail by 7:30 this morning. Last week, I had back calculated the times based on Brad’s flight out of Ontario, dinner,…
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Bear Lakes Basin Traverse: Part 4
Up Pine Creek | Pine Creek Pass | Feather Pass | Dancing Bear and Italy Passes | Full Circle Dancing Bear and Italy Passes I wake up to frost on my shoes. Getting out of my tent, I think to myself, “Today is going to be the second hard day.” I walk around Big Bear…
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Bear Lakes Basin Traverse: Part 2
Up Pine Creek | Pine Creek Pass | Feather Pass | Dancing Bear and Italy Passes | Full Circle Pine Creek Pass The drizzle lets off enough for us to make breakfast burritos with chipotle chili. Between storm clouds, shafts of sunlight break through and strike the Wizard’s Castle. I survey the clouds as they…
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Bear Lakes Basin Traverse: Part 1
Up Pine Creek | Pine Creek Pass | Feather Pass | Dancing Bear and Italy Passes | Full Circle This backpacking trip is one of firsts. It’ll be the first time hiking with Jonathan and Lisa. Jonathan is a photographer, media producer, sound engineer, writer at Loma Linda University, and we’ve been talking about backpacking…