Welcome

Hello and welcome. First off, we would like to thank you for checking out our blog. Our names are Matt Gibson, Justin Sullivan, and Travis Jones and on August 3, 2011 we will be beginning an epic journey that will be unlike anything any of us has ever done. This journey is known as the John Muir Trail. The John Muir Trail (JMT) is a long-distance trail in the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California, running 211 miles between the northern terminus at Happy Isles in Yosemite Valley and the southern terminus located on the summit of Mount Whitney (The highest summit in the contiguous United States with an elevation of 14,505 feet). The entire trip will take three weeks and will require us to carry what supplies we can on our backs. We will complete anywhere from 10 to 15 miles per day with 50 pound packs. This journey will require extensive training over the next five months to prepare us for the strenuous trek. For that reason, we as a group decided it would be  beneficial if we created a blog and documented everything we do over the next six months; including our training and the actual 3 week trip. We hope you enjoy this blog and continue to follow us on our journey.