Top 5 foods I couldn’t get enough of in the Sierra:
1. Mountain House Chili Mac
2. Gu
3. Ramen with Krave chili lime jerky, olive oil, and nutritional yeast
4. Tuna sandwich – in town
5. Motts gummy fruit
Top 5 songs to get me up and over a pass:
1. Oh No – Girl Talk
2. Bhambatha- Zola
3. Ripping Out the Tears- Nitin Sawhney
4. B + A – the Beta Band
5. Bicho Auto – Juana Molina
Top 5 songs for chilling in the Sierras:
1. Seahorse- Devendra Barnhart
2. Errare Humana Est- Seu Jorge
3. The Empty Boat- Caetano Velos
4. Karim So – Luvstep Remixes
5. Go Home/Chi Congo – Art Ensemble of Chicago
Top trail town:
Mammoth & Bishop (tie)
Top 3 passes:
1. Forester
2. Glen
3. Mather
Top 3 lessons learned:
1. Drink more water.
2. Just ride the rollercoaster of claustrophobia. It will end.
3. Above the tree line is a whole other world.