The Duffel Bag: Hiking Yosemite's Iconic Clouds Rest

Where the spirit leads the feet will follow.

Down distant paths for unmapped miles.

Heads forget but hearts remember:

The art of living knows no bounds.

"The best journeys answer questions that in the beginning you didn't even think to ask." - Jeff Johnson, 180 Degrees South

"The best way out is always through" - Robert Frost

"The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way". - Marcus Aurelius

Sunday, September 20, 2026

Come with me on a smokey overcast day as we hike up to Yosemite's iconic Clouds Rest.

15 miles round trip.

About 1 1/2 miles away.

The start of the rock slabs foot path.

Still climbing up...

The first view of "The Ditch".

Looking back towards Tuolumne Meadows.

Almost there...

Ta-da!