"First Sierra hike if the summer season SPS #116 Slept at the trailhead. Woke up before my alarm a little after 5am. Rafee arrived in the parking lot a half hour later. We started up the road at 6:10am. It was a long walk around the lake. The ferry doesn’t run for another two weeks and it runs during hours that wouldn’t benefit the punctual day hiker. Darwin visible early on. Lots of micro terrain as we crossed the San Joaquin and headed up towards Double and Blaney Meadows. River flowing. Snow plants covered the forest floor. Took a left at the old unmarked trail which is described by Secor. This ended up being a big score as we followed this to Sally Keyes Lake. Lots of golden trout in the creek. From there it was easy class 2 to the summit. I started feeling altitude sickness as we crossed the 12k ft threshold. It was my first time at altitude for the year so give me the benefit of the doubt. It was cold and breezy up top. Secor in the register. Ate my homemade tri tip. Views were spectacular. Traversed west to Peak 12068 because why not. On the way down we heard people at the lake shouting what sounded like Rafee’s name. We started yelling back, guessing who it might be. “AJ..." — seancasserly • May 29, 2022

"Day 5 of my JMT section hike. This was an early morning climb from my camp at Sallie Keyes Lake. I had decided against climbing the NW slopes from near Selden Pass the day before due to lingering snow. The SW slopes from Sallie Keyes Lake were a bit steeper, but over fairly solid ground. The view of Seven Gables from this peak is excellent. There is also a very old summit register here which is pretty fun to look through." — edg • Aug 7, 2019

"We climbed from Wampum lake to Senger pass where my partners headed down to make camp at Sandpiper lake and i headed to the tarn just below the pass to begin my ascent of the east side. It was very steep and loose with quite a bit of technical class 3 at the top. It was a super fun climb with amazing views over Marie and Three Island lakes, and out to the Silver divide and the Ritter range. On the summit i met a guy named Roy who climbed up from Marie lake, he is hiking the JMT. He was the second person to sign the log book this year and i was the third, kinda crazy we came up on the same day. Mt. Senger was my third peak on this trip." — DerekJayRichardson • Jul 13, 2014