Stupid Leap Year

16 Jul

Here I am at Devil’s Postpile in July again, after a weekend trip in John Muir wilderness.

As I go through the math in my head, I realize that it is exactly a year from the day that we hiked in from the JMT last year, tired from Donohue Pass and the hard days before, with no idea of Muir and Mather passes, the golden staircase, Evolution Valley or any of the challenges and incredible places we would see in the weeks to come. How perfect, what a great opportunity to reflect on the amazing journey that we completed, and all of the hard work we’ve put into the movie, blogs and photos since we’ve been back. I remembered our friends Bobby, Pam and Adrian who drove up from LA to help us out and celebrate Jen’s Birthday. It sure was a nice break.

As I’m hiking to the top of the Postpile, I make the mistake of going over the dates in my head again, and I realized that it was July 16th when we reached Postpile. I’m a day early!

Actually, it is 365 days, but stupid leap year shifted the day back so officially it’s the day before. Thanks Julius Ceasar! Nice job on the calendar! No wonder you got stabbed 23 times (too soon?)

Oh well, it’s always great to be back in this amazing place, and sadly I have to go back to LA tonight to get back to work, so I’ll miss the technical anniversary. No worries, it’s been a truly wonderful year, and it looks like things are only going to better with the progress we’ve made.