Super fun to see this Trinity Alps Backpacking Classic turned FKT!
Had a super fun early morning on it!
Thanks Nate!
Blasted up pretty easy to follow, though at times rough trail for the first 6 miles or so. Then the last 1.5 gets harder to follow with lots of different use/camp trails as you near the lakes
Lost the trail as I got onto the granite slab just below the first lake, so I just charged the slab. Little cairns marking various user trails from this point all the way to the second lake Nate Described.
Returned the same way I ascended, maybe? Felt kinda like guess work again on the way down, re-found the main trail below the slab and tried to find a fast rhythm down to catch a 9am online orientation for some graduate credits I am taking for continuing education this summer.
Gear:
Ultimate Direction Adventure Vest 5.0 (love this thing) https://ultimatedirection.com/adventure-vest-5-0/
Short shorts
An old singlet
Some beat to hell hokas
Tailwind Nutrition 400 calories, lemon ? flavor, in 32oz https://www.tailwindnutrition.com/tailwind-endurance-fuel
A truck load of stoke
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