 2010 Clouds Rest
Twelve awesome students from THS & PHS survived a relatively warm trip to Clouds Rest and Upper Cathedral Lake while also completing some much needed stewardship by removing old campfire scars left on the granites near Upper Cathedral Lake. Great group, and everyone made it! |
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 2009 Clouds Rest
The October 2009 WildLink expedition saw a collaborative effort between Turlock & Pitman come to fruition. Ten great students were able to brave subzero wind-chill and 70mph gusts of wind on the first night of their trip to successfully complete their Tenaya Lake – Clouds Rest – Little Yosemite Valley – Curry Village trek. Seldom has there been an expedition that experienced frigid temps so low that soap, iodine & bottles of water to froze – IN THE TENT! Wednesday & Thursday warmed-up and allowed the participants to take a stab at Cloud’s rest from the difficult western approach. They made it and were rewarded with views and camaraderie to last a lifetime.
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 2009 Mt. Hoffman
Ten students from Turlock High had the chance to take a lovely expedition into Yosemite’s wilderness and eventually summit Mt. Hoffman, the geographic center of the park. These photos show the group activities in the two days leading up to the hike while staying in the newly reinforced tent cabins in Curry Village’s “Boys Town”. We ventured to Taft Point & Glacier Point on Sunday, conquered the Spider Caves with amazing teamwork and then packed the gear needed to go on the expedition. There was also quite a sizeable rock fall (150 tons) that made a racket on Tuesday morning.
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 2008 Mt. Hoffman
Mrs Bloom, Mrs Hollister & I had to give up yet another three days to take eight great kids up to Yosemite to experience another great expedition. This year's expdetion ran from Lembert Dome in Tuolumne Meadows all the way to Mount Hoffman and May Lake. Take a look at the pre-trip photos to see what the kids did to prepare for their trip.
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 2007 Clouds Rest
Mrs Bloom, Mrs Hollister & I got to take anothter eleven great kids to Yosemite Valley. The eleven participants had a great long excursion with perfect weather up and over Clouds Rest and to Yosemite Valley over four nights.
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 2007 Sequoia NP
I had the pleasure of taking nine students on a grueling backpacking trip hosted by Stephanie Strickland & SEKI WildLink into the heart of Sequoia National Park. After an initial night of rain and fairly strenuous hike in, the weekend weather was gorgeous and allowed us to explore and exist in relative comfort. I was lucky enough to catch a golden trout in the East Fork of Clover Creek, which surprised the heck out of me (and probably the fish too)! There are a LOT of photos here, but they tell the complete story. |
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 2007 Sequoia NP #1
Once again, 12 intrepid students from THS (and one from Pitman...) went on an amazing hike through the redwoods and sequoias of Sequoia National Park. Mr. Silva and Gretchen Eisenhut had a wonderful time chaperoning the hike and no one was eaten by bears. A big plus for any backpacking trip. The information here is a bit sparse until I can get Mr. Silva to fill-in a few details for me. |
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 2006 WildLink
This was the first WildLink expedition that I had the opportunity to work with. The kids were wonderful and they had an amazing hike from Sunrise High Sierra Camp, up to Cloud's Rest, down through Yosemite Valley and back to Curry Village. |
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