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Toulumne to Agnew Meadows In 2008 Greg, Jen, Kathy and I were going to go on a backpacking trip to celebrate Greg's thesis defense. That never happened, but it looked like a good trip, so we decided to do it this year. It was a thru-hike from the Mono Pass trailhead in Yosemite to Agnew Meadows in Devil's Postpile. We planned to do it in 7 days, but when we camped at Toulumne Meadows the night before heading out, it rained pretty hard and our tents and packs were soaked and muddy. Instead of heading out with wet gear into the rain, we spent a night at Motel 6 in Mammoth and dried out and left the next day in perfect weather. It turned out to be a pretty hard trip given the dysmal shape everyone was in (except Kathy, but she got sick instead). It didn't get easier from carrying the 40D and both the 17-55 f/2.8 and 70-200 f/4 lenses... I got new carrying cases from Kinesis Photo Gear which made it possible to carry the camera on my chest, hanging from the shoulder straps. The extra lens was attached to the pack belt. With this setup, I could switch lenses with the pack on. If it's going to be worth hauling two pretty heavy lenses into the backcountry, you'd better make it really easy to use them. It worked pretty well. |
