This 2-part story really drives home the reasons why record high snow combined with above freezing temps are a serious threat to safety for even the most well prepared section hikers. 

Adventure Storyteller: Meghan Robins
From: Bend, OR


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This week's featured adventure stories

Meghan Robin's Adventure Story:
Section-Hiking in Record High Snow in the High Sierra. Part 1 & Part 2 

These are particularly fitting stories to share now as people who are itching to get into the backcountry in the High Sierra are struggling to do so due to the thick snowpack. 

This episode signals a Boldly Went first - back to back stories told to us by the same person. Our long time listeners might even recognize the first story because it first aired in Episode 76! Turns out there’s a part 2! 

Meghan Robins joined us in Bend, OR on 2 separate occasions to tell us the full story of her terrifying Sierra experience in 2016 during, you probably already guessed it, a record high snow year. It’s true that some stories just don’t fit into 10 minutes, and this story is a good example of that. 

So rather than cutting out important details, Meghan made a long term plan to join us over consecutive events to tell her 2 part story. We’ve had to wait a long time to put these pieces of the puzzle together, as in since July 2018! So, I’m really excited to finally be making this happen now, a year later!

I’ve never shared a 2 part story before in The Boldly Went Podcast, and I hope you like it. It’s perfect timing too because this year, 2019, is a record high snow year in the high Sierra, and I think Meghan provides some important insight into what that actually means, and why it can be so dangerous.

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• Go to episode 76 to see Meghan's photos from this PCT experience she's describing.
• Website: www.MeghanRobins.com
• ​Instagram: @megawords

What is the current Sierra Snow Pack?

• It changes all the time because it's highly dependent on the current weather and temperatures.
  
• The snowpack on the PCT is closely monitored for the thru-hikers that pass every year.
  
• Go to Postholer for current Pacific Crest Trail Snow Conditions.

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