The Essence of the north
Behind me, birch leaves flutter in the breeze while the black spruce scribble their thoughts on the sky. The clouds lumber by like giants, pink with the sunset and black with rain spilling onto the distant horizons.
Mt Whitney | Favorable conditions in the high sierra
As any backpacker knows, calm days at high elevations are few and far between. The timing of this climb could not have been better as we attempted a sunrise mission above 14,500’ with a big storm on the way.