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Caption: Kings Canyon Backpacking
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Caption: After camping beside a forest service road the night before, we grabbed a permit and set off hiking the Copper Creek Trail. The difficult hike..
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Caption: afforded great views. After 5k feet of elevation gain in eight miles we were stoked to descend into the Granite Basin full of alpine lakes and..
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Caption: the mosquitos we had been warned of several miles into the trail. We set up camp at a spectacular spot and layered to combat the damn pests.
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Caption: A painful portrait by @ethanengemann
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Caption: Post dinner scramble
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Caption: Recalling the day's events. Photo by @ethanengemann
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Caption: Photo by @ethanengemann
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Caption: Trying out the sleeping pad floaty at 10k feet. Photo by @ethanengemann
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Caption: The hike down was much more enjoyable. Photo by @ethanengemann
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Caption: I had attempted to make an illustration on the trail but the swarms were too much. Instead I took photos to reference and created this one back at home.