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  Mather Pass, 12,080 feet The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves. - John Muir     Heading up Pinchot Pass  In the wilderness lies the hope of the world. - John Muir  Pinchot Pass, 12,100 feet     Camp #16 Twin Lakes Camp 
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   Wander a whole summer if you can. Time will not be taken from the sum of life. Instead of shortening, it will lengthen it and make you truly immortal. - John Muir              Camp 14 - Grouse Meadow Camp  Keep close to nature's heart, and break clear away once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods, wash your spirit clean. - John Muir      Evolution Lake  The sun shines not on us, but in us. - John Muir   Camp #13 Evolution Lake.    Sheldon Pass, 10,900 feet.    Picking up our resupply at Muir Trail Ranch.    Fresh vegetables from our resupply.   Sierra National Forest  Camp #12 at Piute Pass Camp.  Ferry ride across Lake Edison   Swimming break in Bear Creek  The rivers flow not passed, but through us, thrilling, tingling, vibrating every fiber and cell of the substance of our bodies, making them glide and sing. - John Muir       Camp #11 at Bear Creek Meadows.  Tent Cabin at Vermillion Valley Resort      Of all of the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt. - John Muir      Camp #9 & 10 in tent cabins at Vermillion Valley Resort on Lake Edison. I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out until sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in. - John Muir  Lake Edison The mountains are calling, and I must go. - John Muir     Camp #8 at Purple Lake. "The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness." -John Muir 
Heath overlooking Shadow Lake
Hiking along Rosalie Lake
Crossing the bridge to Devils Postpile
Devil's Postpile National Monument
Camp #7 in hikers cabins at Reds Meadow Resort.
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I am currently a 4th Year at The University of Virginia. I wrote this blog when I was a Junior in high school in Sonoma County, California. In the summer of 2015, I backpacked the John Muir Trail, raising funds to help take 14 underserved kids on a wilderness adventure with 
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