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This is wild, rugged country. That route over Deadwood Peak, down into the Mokelumne Canyon, and then up Jackson Canyon is a sufferfest even today---and we've been working on some of those trails for a while now. Amazing adventure. Walker did it with horses!
Five Men, Six Days, and 34 Miles Across the Sierra Nevada
Alta Journal commissioned an expedition to retrace the first east-to-west crossing of the Sierra Nevada by nonnative people.
www.altaonline.com