![Tufas on Mono Lake](https://i0.wp.com/www.hikerly.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/IMG_4283.jpg?resize=470%2C140)
For regular readers of this blog, you probably already know the name James Temple (@jtemple). He’s one of my backpacking buddies and a hobbyist documentary…
![Majestic, oft-snow-covered peaks surround McLeod Lake](https://i0.wp.com/www.hikerly.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/IMG_4337.jpg?resize=470%2C140)
The Mammoth high country in the Eastern Sierras (just to the east of Yosemite) offers great camping and hiking away from the national park crowds….