Sierra - Kennedy Meadows to Mt. Whitney, Day 2

June 18, 16 miles

The scenery is getting greener and higher, but we are stil having to be careful with water.  We hadn't yet reached he lake strewn meadows and cascading rivers of the high Sierra.  Many of the seasonal streams have dried up.  We are still depending on our PCT water report to help us find springs and seeps.  

This spring was marked with bones !??

Most of these water sources are marked with stick arrows or piles of rocks by other hikers.  One such spring we found by walking through a field until we saw a "tripod" made of branches sticking up.  Upon further investigation, her was a small trickle of water in a cleft, about two feet below the surface of the tussocky lawn.  Someone hade made a spout out of two sticks and some duct tape.  This night we camped just up the trail from one such source called Death Canyon Creek.  Yes, sometimes irony runs thick even out here.

Looong day...pretty much how we all felt

Namaste chill'n