Lazarow World-Hike-About: 9.52 Mono Pass above Ruby Lake, onto Summit Lake and beyond

We moved from Mammoth on Friday with reluctance, heading towards Bishop for the Sabbath, not before completing the hike covered in the missive, Mammoth Mountain. We needed the rest by Saturday, which we suppose, is an understatement. Today, Sunday, we completed our sixth hike in seven days, accumulating close to 55 miles on rough terrain, in total. Our editor sure sets a blistering pace. In fact, in these last two hikes, which we prefer to call experiences; they were superb beyond belief. Fortunately, we seemed to have more energy than at any time before. There may be something in the ‘fiction’: The best is yet to occur. We doubt it but it’s a nice philosophy, we think, to pursue.

We are so overwhelmed by the joy and elation of today’s 11 miles and 2,800 feet accumulative elevation gain, reaching over 12,600 feet in an amazing place, that words fail us. With that in mind and a need to look for some more words, we will let the blog be ‘pictures without words’. Frankly, in the end, we had no idea which photographs to choose; we have more than two hundred. One wonders how we completed the hike.

The previous missive, which took place after this one, if you will excuse the planned mix-up, brings Hike-about 9 to an end. Almost 3 months have passed, leaving us the challenge to find our 'feet' in San Diego.

We would like to express, as always, with great appreciation our thanks to those friends who made a special effort to offer comments, twists and advice as well as a feeling of love that rode on their words. We hope that's not sloppy but we felt it.

We look forward to seeing you on Hike-about 10 (N'H)

Cheers,

Jenni and Jeffrey

It's advisable to click on a photograph for enlargements. There are few captions as the pictures tell their own story.