Day 1: Left Tuolumne Meadows at 2pm. Asaka was feeling jet lagged so we kept a slow pace to start. Hiked to 9,700 ft where we set up camp at 8pm.

Day 2: Broke camp at 6am. Followed JMT until second lake, where we left trail and continued to Lyell Creek. Climbed the granite slabs and a giant scree field until the base of the Lyell Glacier. Ascended the sun cup filled glacier with crampons and ice axes until we reached the Lyell/Maclure saddle at 12,500ft. From here, we did some careful class 3/4 scrambling up the northwest ridge, until the last class 2 boulder slog to the summit. We had great weather, and were the only ones to summit that day. We descended back to the saddle, then climbed nearby Mt Maclure. This was mostly class 2 with some class 3 along the last portion of the summit ridge line. Weather held quite nicely, and we avoided rain and thunderstorms from the ominous clouds above. We descended the eastern scree field, avoiding the glacier on the way down. We took a long rest at the third lake where we took a nap and cooled off our legs. Made it to camp at 7pm.

Day 3: Broke camp at 9:45am. We descended at a comfortable pace and even jumped in Lyell Creek to cool off. We reached the car at 3pm, where we devoured some burgers at the Tuolumne Meadows Grill.