August 31 - September 8, 2008.  Sierra South.   Two car-camping days to explore Sequoia National Park, then a long solo backpacking loop. Out at Mineral King, over Timber Gap, down to Crown Creek, then up over Black Rock Pass and poking around the Little and Big Five Lakes before returning via Lost Canyon, Columbine Lake, and the awful Sawtooth Pass. This was my first backpacking excursion to Sequoia National Park. I never got down here during my first big round of backpacking in the '80's and early '90's.