Finishing the South Shore Open Water Swim, I had the remainder of the day to explore more in the Tahoe area mountains, and I went out to complete the rest of the Squaw-to-Donner route. Up the Granite Chief trail, then north on the PCT to Anderson Peak, where I had stopped when I covered the northern half. It was very windy from Tinker Knob to Anderson Peak; I decided to jog/hike this easier-terrain stretch because there were some crazy gusts coming from the west, and well, there was also this very long drop just a few feet to the right. Not the time to get caught off guard and go down. I finished 18.5 miles, feeling much better than after my last few long mountain runs.
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| Climbing the Granite Chief trail |
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| Squaw Valley |
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| Grant Chief trail looking east. |
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| PCT, looking west. |
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| Looking north toward the destination peaks, Mt Anderson, Tinker Knob, and Peak 8761. |
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| Looking south from Tinker Knob |
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| Peak 8761 |
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| Peak 8761. Again. It's just a cool spot. |
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| Tinker Knob. |
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| Anderson Peak from Tinker Knob. Castle Peak in the distance. It was crazy gusty up here. |
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| Start of the American "River" |
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| Looking east on the Painted Rock trail. |
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