ANTONIO

LYNN

ROBERT

STEVEN

TRAVIS

VALERIE

Teacher-Chaperone

LAURA

Instructors

JAMIE

KRISTEN

First Impressions

what is wilderness?
wilderness is a place off in the wild where there aren't many people aound and you can easily yell and hear your voice echo.

are you in wilderness now?
[yosemite valley]:
in a way we are but in a way we're not because people that work or live out here know where to take us and have been on most of the trails if not all of them so i really don't think we are in wilderness but it's pretty close to it.

Goals and Expectations

My goals for this trip are to make a couple of new friends and to come back a couple times a year.

I really have no expectations, I just want to have a good time in whatever we do.

My Biggest Challenge

I think my biggest challenge was the hike over to Hite's Cove. Nothing after that (so far) was hard. I have been having (one of) the greatest experiences of my life and every day gets better or more interesting. I'm going to hate to leave this beautiful place. But I have to so I'll make the best possible of everything that I can. And so far I have.

Wilderness Poetry

What Is Said To Be

I want to remember...

everything, it's SO beautiful. I have yet to have a bad experience, I don't think I'll forget anything that's happened so far. I love it out here. I wish I had a home close by because I would be here every day if I could. Just to enjoy the running water [and] the sounds it makes. I could listen to it all day. I think the one that would love it most would be my mom. She would almost die to get a house out here, to get a view like we got today on top of the mountain. It was sooo cool. I loved it. The hike was so long, but the sights were worth it: the water, and the mountains. It was one of the best sights I've ever seen. I would hike it again to see all the great views. Then there were the old mines, they were so cool. I got some cool pictures of them, which might be posted on the Internet. I like the way Hite's Cove was built and you can still see traces of it from then. The old houses made out of rocks are still there.