The Fall I did a solo loop out of Silver Lake north of Mammoth, I was at Hemlock Crossing on the west side of Thousand Island in the morning where I had spent the night. Started snowing a little on us below Catherine, so Pooch and I had to go uphill to Catherine and down to Thousand Island. We took a break finally below the outlet of Thousand Island about 4PM. I ate a Genisoy bar with water. In about 30 minutes, instead of dragging my butt up any slight uphill, I was jogging on the flats and downhill. I made a call to mom at 6:30 from Lee Vining. Eight miles (per the map) in two hours.
Duane