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This Week: Backpacking the Yosemite Grand Traverse

“Another glorious Sierra day in which one seems to be dissolved and absorbed and sent pulsing onward we know not where. Life seems neither long nor short, and we take no more heed to save time or make haste than do the trees and stars. This is true freedom, a good practical sort of immortality.” — from John of the Mountains (1938)

As one of America’s first national parks and a World Heritage Site, Yosemite embraces1,100 square miles of glorious natural beauty.  Since 1991, Southern Yosemite Mountain Guides has been guiding people through the grandeur of Yosemite’s mountains and rivers -  the Ansel Adams and John Muir Wilderness, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, and the shimmering range of the Eastern Sierras.

Their “Yosemite Grand Traverse” pictured in this week’s Visual Blog unfolds over sixty miles, opening up incredible vistas. ”I take comfort in knowing that my favorite spot with the waterfall coming out of the lake is still going to be there,” says SYMG co-founder Dan Braun.  “Sometimes when I really need a good memory, I close my eyes and remember a friend and client sitting in an open meadow, butterflies fluttering around, and tears streaming down his cheek. I remember him saying to me, ‘I am crying because I didn’t think today could be more beautiful than yesterday. The Sierra Nevada is the greatest gift I have given to myself.’ I have to agree and I think you will too.”

SYMG was chosen as the “Best Outfitter on Earth”
by National Geographic Adventure Magazine in Nov/2007 
and “Best Adventure Travel Company” in Jan/2009.

See the Yosemite Grand Traverse full itinerary here.

Contact Southern Yosemite Mountain Guides for more information about this trip.
http://www.symg.com/

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