{"id":1471,"date":"2010-07-05T19:39:40","date_gmt":"2010-07-06T03:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/?p=1471"},"modified":"2016-04-23T06:05:32","modified_gmt":"2016-04-23T14:05:32","slug":"camping-on-the-4th-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/camping-on-the-4th-of-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Camping and Climbing At Lake Tahoe 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

July 3 (Saturday)<\/h3>\n

Arrived in camp around 4:00 PM (Fallen Leaf Camp).<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Highway<\/a>
Highway 50 Passing Strawberry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Set-up camp. \u00a0Prepared Santa Maria style BBQ tri-tip, beans and garlic bread with Joe, Albert, Dennis, Terry, Charlotte and us by 7:00. \u00a0AMS had brought along the tapioca pudding she’d made and everyone enjoyed the treat. \u00a0Later we were all\u00a0annoyed\u00a0by a very loud (and large) party causing a ruckus that kept us all up.<\/p>\n

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July 4 (Sunday)<\/h3>\n

Woke up to find bear signs around our camp. \u00a0There was a bit of rubbish from another camp that had some nice teeth marks near our food storage. \u00a0Breakfast: cinnamon French toast, eggs over easy, juice, milk, sausage and fresh-brewed Peet’s coffee under the pine trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\"Asleep<\/a>
Snoozing<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Waking<\/a>
Waking Up Late<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Late start to set-off for Pyramid Peak. \u00a0Climbed part way to\u00a0Pyramid Peak (9983 ft)<\/a> via Horsetail Falls and South East Ridge (class 2).<\/p>\n

We had to turn back as we didn’t have enough time to summit and get back before nightfall. \u00a0The kids were actually handling the difficulty quite well, but climbing out of the Horsetail Falls canyon proved to be the hardest part of the climb as there were no distinct trails to follow and it involved some 1,000 feet of class 2 scrambling and cross-country navigation\u00a0with a smattering of class 3. \u00a0It would have been reckless and dangerous to try coming back this way if darkness fell upon us – so we turned around about a third of the way up this\u00a0trail-less\u00a0climb.<\/p>\n

There must be a shorter route up and out of the canyon – maybe further up closer to the falls. \u00a0We were still about 2,000 feet below timberline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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\"Into<\/a>
Into the Back Country<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Some<\/a>
Some Shade At Last<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"The<\/a>
The High Country<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"Looking<\/a>
Looking Down<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Horsetail<\/a>
Horsetail Falls<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Pyramid<\/a>
Pyramid Creek<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Returned early. \u00a0Dinner at The Fresh Ketch, South Lake Tahoe Marina. \u00a0Stars out at night. \u00a0Fireworks on the beach but no one wanted to go see the show.<\/p>\n

July 5 (Monday)<\/h3>\n

Hanging around camp. \u00a0Departed for Palo Alto around 9:30 AM. \u00a0Heavy traffic on the return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

July 3 (Saturday) Arrived in camp around 4:00 PM (Fallen Leaf Camp). Set-up camp. \u00a0Prepared Santa Maria style BBQ tri-tip, beans and garlic bread with Joe, Albert, Dennis, Terry, Charlotte and us by 7:00. \u00a0AMS had brought along the tapioca pudding she’d made and everyone enjoyed the treat. \u00a0Later we were all\u00a0annoyed\u00a0by a very loud … Continue reading Camping and Climbing At Lake Tahoe 2010<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,59,31,45],"tags":[168,264],"class_list":["post-1471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-camping","category-climbing","category-recreation","category-events-of-summer-2010","tag-camping","tag-climbing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1471"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2144,"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1471\/revisions\/2144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}