Packer Lake pages

Today is a designated acclimatization day. We both notice that walking uphill is harder here. Our hearts go faster, and we breathe harder. Our bodies are set for Sea Level, and we have dislocated them to more than a mile in the sky...

We received word late yesterday that Inyo National Forest, wherein Red's Meadow finds itself, is closed, at least until the 14th: there goes the rest of this trip, literally up in smoke...