This was a weekend backpacking trip that began and ended in Onion Valley. The ultimate main goal of this physical challenge was to get up to the Kearsarge Pass (and get the kind of Eastern Sierra panorama that many in the backpacking…

Then, as we were climbing the last few switchbacks, it started raining at 12:20pm. This was definitely not a good sign. When we encountered another pair guy hikers who were coming back down…