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Getting everything packed up and prepared for the next big backpacking trip on the Circle of Solitude I’ve come up with the following stats;

4 major trip planing/permit changes, hopefully no more.  We started with the Sierra High Route and then changed it to the circle of Solitude and now we are planning something more Great Western Divide oriented.  This includes the following; enter through Horse corral and head to Deadman Canyon.  Head south in DMC to Copper Mine pass up and over to Cloud Canyon.  Climb Triple divide and then head north in Cloud canyon tagging beautiful peaks on the way north through CC.

13 Pounds of Food (including the Bear Vault 400 Bear canister).

4.5 Pounds of Camera crap (20d, 24-105 L Lens, Gorilla pod, 3 batteries).

178 Pounds that I weigh ( I really didn’t train as hard as I could/should have for this bad boy of a trip)

47 Pounds of total pack weight. (26 percent of my body weight, just 1 measly percent over what I would consider optimal)

2 Gigs of music, from the Star Wars Gangsta Rap to Philip Glass’ piano solo and everything in between.

3-4 hours of sleep for Gant the night before the trip, which is quite par for his course.

60+ miles planned

10+ potential peaks; Triple Divide, Lion Rock, Mt Brewer, South Guard, Peak 12,345, Peak 12,640 Peak 3904m, Midway Mountain, Table Mountain, North Guard, Mt. Francis Farquhar.  Not that we plan on hitting all ten, but options are always nice.  I’ll be happy with the big three; Triple Divide, Brewer and Francis Farquhar.

24 hours from now I’ll be knee deep in some Sierra beauty and won’t return for an entire week, tired and refreshed.