Backpacking Sequoia National Park|Mount Langley Solo Hike|Army Pass|Cottonwood Lakes|Horseshoe Pt1

Sequoia National Park, Solo Hiking the 14000ft Mount Langley via Army Pass, Cottonwood Lakes, Miter Basin, 4k60fps September 2020 Fire Season, Sierra Nevada

The first video from a 3 video series where I backpacked Mt Langley from Horseshoe Meadow, continuing up the Miter Basin and over Crabtree Pass to reconnect with the JMT and PCT an finish the trip by climbing Mount Whitney as fires close down the Sierra. Look for part 2 and 3 on my channel.

Music by Melantopia and Juliet Piper

"Diamond Mind" intro tune on Apple Music or Spotify via this link:

https://open.spotify.com/artist/536Z5...

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Dedicated to all the fire fighters, rescue workers and everyone who are battling the Creek Fire and other wildfires in the Sierra and other places.

This is the first part of a 6 day backpacking trip in Sierra Nevada just as the big fires are starting to take off. I start from Horseshoe Meadows and go to Cottonwood Lakes, where I climb Army Pass and summit Mt Langley, a 14000ft high peak. I continue and make my way to the High Sierra Trail in the Miter Basin and go past Sky Blue Lake and over Crabtree Pass into the Crabtree Basin. From there I go down to Crabtree Meadows and down to Guyout Creek where I meet up with friends from my Big SEKI loop video. We go to Guitar Lake and Summit Mt Whitney as the smoke and fires intensifies around us. We Exit at Whitney Portal the day before Inyo National Forrest is closed because of the wildfires.

Music by Melantopia and Juliet Piper

"Diamond Mind", pre-save link, release date is September 18th

https://orcd.co/pneo0m1/spotify

https://open.spotify.com/artist/536Z5...

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Marmot ball cap    / marmotpro  
Osprey Aether 70 Backpack    / ospreypacks  
Paria Outdoor Products Thermodown 15 sleeping bag    / @pariaoutdoorproducts  
Thermarest NeoAir Xtherm sleeping pad    / thermarestgear  
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LaSportiva TX4 approach shoes    / lasportivana  
Norrøna Falketind pants    / norronasport  
Fjallraven pants    / fjallravense  
Arcteryx Cerium LT puffy, synthetic shirt and Hard Shell Jacket
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LaSportiva fleece    / lasportivatube  
Helly Hansen base layers    / hellyhansen  
Black Diamond headlamp    / blackdiamondvideo  
Primus cooking system    / primuschannel  
Apple Iphone 11promax for recording video    / apple  
26000Mah power bank
Alltrails app    / alltrailsinc  
Walmart 4,99 $ Tube    / walmart  
Petzl Ice Axe    / petzlcrew  
Patagonia puffy    / patagoniavideo  
Outdoor Research Gaiters    / outdoorresearch  
Black Diamond Crampons

00:00 Diamond Mind
01:53 Intro
06:34 Cottonwood Lakes
10:42 Camp 1
12:55 Day 2
16:40 Army Pass
22:32 Sequoia National Park
25:01 Towards Mt Langley
31:30 Mt Langley Summit
38:35 Towards Soldier Lakes
45:04 Miter Basin