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Originally posted by Judy to RohJuh.com on Sep 30, 2005. Brian and I backpacked part of the High Sierra Route on September 27-30, 2005. This was one of the remaining portions that he had not done. We hiked approximately 30-36 miles, which included some cross-country sections. Brian and I met in Mammoth in the evening of September 26, 2005. Since it had been raining all day, we decided to stay at a Motel 6 that night so our gear wouldn’t be wet upon starting the next day. This was the first time I had driven over Tioga Pass – which is pretty eerie when the weather is rainy, dark, and cloudy. It just so happened that both of our stomachs were not doing so well that evening-mine more than his. I’ll spare you the details, but it was not pretty, and was pretty painful. Luckily, my body flushed everything out that evening so I was ok to leave the next AM. Brian was OK to go too. Day 1: We headed to the upper Rock Creek area where we would start our trip. It had snowed the night befo...

Originally posted to RohJuh.com on Sep 15, 2005. As of tonight, you should notice a fairly significant speed boost while browsing pictures. Since the introduction of RohJuh.com V4, all scaled pics (the thumbnails as well as the 640X480 resized pics) have been scaled at 100% image quality. This resulted in fairly large image sizes (from a file size standpoint). After some experimentation, I found that a setting of 80% image quality results in significantly smaller file sizes, but with only a barely noticeable degradation in image quality. Placed side by side in a blind comparison, it is unlikely that any but the most discerning eye would notice a difference. Typical file sizes for the 640X480 resized pics have been reduced on average by 75+%, from ~300-350 KB down to ~70-90 KB. That means that the time it takes to transfer a pic from the RohJuh web server to your computer should be about 4 times faster than before. I’ve tested this with an off-site computer and the difference is sub...

Originally posted to RohJuh.com on Sep 7, 2005. Just when you thought the web was safe, RohJuh.com V4 is unleashed! Radically overhauled from the inside out, RohJuh.com is bigger, badder, and better than ever. Aside from the whopping 10 GB of time-wasting content, what’s new with V4? Well, there’s: - A totally new and original look. Ain’t it purrrty? - A complete overhaul of the back-end (again), this time with a true content management system. That means faster and more frequent updates (as is, I think, pretty evident). - New pics including the San Juan Huts, NY/NJ, heli-boarding, Judy’s new car, our new abode, Latte Dog, and more! - New movies including some nice snowboarding jumps as well as a shining example of how not to do a rail slide. - Old pics previously not online from Powder Mountain, Telluride, and Hawaii (a fun blast from the past – there’s some real gems there!) - The replacement of the Forums with a direct commenting system. - Site search. - RohJuh Shuffle –...

Originally posted to RohJuh.com on Sep 6, 2005. Some cute pics of Latte lounging on my North Face duffel bag. Not sure why because the bag isn't exactly very soft, but for some reason, Latte really liked snoozing on this bag!

Originally posted by Judy to RohJuh.com on Sep 1, 2005. Patty and I went on a backpacking trip in Tuolumne the week prior to Labor Day. We were planning on doing the High Sierra Camp loop (approximately 45 miles) over 3-4 days. This area of Yosemite requires the use of bear canisters. However, if we agreed to stay at the designated campgrounds which contain bear boxes, we could just use regular stuff sacks or Ursacks to carry our food. There was no way I could fit a bear canister into my small pack, so we opted to use the bear boxes and stay at the camps. The bad thing about that is that we HAD to make it to the camps at the end of each day instead of just stopping and setting up camp wherever we wanted. There are 6 camps: Tuolumne to Vogelsang (7.5 miles) – net elevation gain of 1500 ft Vogelsang to Lake Merced (7.5 miles) – net elevation loss of 3000 ft Lake Merced to Sunrise (10 miles) – net elevation gain of 2000 ft Sunrise to May Lake (8 miles) – net elevation gain of 1...