2012 Italy Pass Trip

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Week of August 20, 2012, entered via North Lake near Bishop, exited via Pine Creek. Details hazy due to my delay at posting, but I recall getting rained on at a pass about an hour before a camp, but then
having 2 days at this excellent lake and the sun came out. And difficult route finding at times with boulder hopping for a long time at Italy Lake and through Jumble Lake. Ran out of food and
really painful in the end, but an excellent trip still.

Day 1: Sweet motel sign where we spent the night before in Bishop, then a nice camp site. Not too bad of a climb if I recall.

Day 2-3: Tough hike because a cold rain forced up to take cover for a while over the pass to the place we were going to spend 2 nights, but eventually, it let up. Made a trench and hid in the tent and then cleared and next day was sweet. A great relaxing spot in the middle of this arduous trip.

Day 4: Real tought route to Italy Lake via hard to define trail and boulders at the end.

Day 5: Final hike up over Italy Pass and forever down out Pine Creek exit, the last part of which was not a fun old mining road and being short on food, I was in bad shape and demanded a Cactus Cooler immediately at the car. The traversing over Jumble Lake was really tough and high ankle-breaking possibilities with all the boulders.