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Outdoor writer Tom Stienstra’s 70-mile trek across the Sierra in Sequoia National Park is truly inspirational. Here is the beginning of part 2 of his series:

(08-06) 04:00 PDT Crabtree Meadow, Mount Whitney Wilderness — - Rising trout swirled on the surface of a small, pristine lake. The morning was so quiet that you could hear the fish as they nabbed hatching insects. It sounded like little popguns going off, one after another.
Just beyond the lake, a 25-acre wetland and meadow extended to a sloping ridge peppered with white fir. Beyond to the western horizon, the Major General, an imposing granite monolith, topped the Sierra Crest with a series of spiked pinnacles. It looked like a poster, yet the lake was not even named. For more click here …