Next time this might be the way to goCapture Date: Aug 9, 2007 08:31 AM•Views: 372No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Last view of Mt. Sill - Pano
Mt. Sill is the second peak from the left. Views: 363
I returned to my car at Glacier Lodge by mid-morning on Thursday, no worse for wear. I felt 30 again. No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Sunset over the Palisades
Night was falling; it was time for me to say goodbye to my new friends and make fast trip down the rest of the mountain to my campsite, two thousand feet below. Traveling with Steve and Javier and Dan slowed me down a little, yet traveling with them meant I returned safely from the mountain, and I completely enjoyed their good company. Though I would walk out of the wilderness a morning later than I thought, I didn't mind the extra time spent with new friends and sleeping under the stars, beneath the legendary peaks of the Palisades.
Capture Date: Aug 8, 2007 07:07 PM•Views: 357
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Last Light - PanoViews: 359No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Dan and Javier head up to their high camp
There's no obvious route up this boulder field.
Capture Date: Aug 8, 2007 07:10 PM•Views: 359
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Steve relaxesCapture Date: Aug 8, 2007 07:07 PM•Views: 358No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Above the lake at the base of the glacierCapture Date: Aug 8, 2007 06:47 PM•Views: 358No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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View up the way we had comeCapture Date: Aug 8, 2007 06:40 PM•Views: 358No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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My turn to carry the rope
What was it like to try to climb a mountain when I'm almost 60, about 30 years after my last trip to Mt. Sill? I had thought I might not be up to the task. I was worried that I lacked the mental toughness required to force myself upward. I wondered if I would be too afraid to make the crux moves of the climb to the summit, even though I was up to the task three decades and more ago. Views: 358
In a way, mountain climbing is a metaphor for life. It can make us ask ourselves what it means to push beyond the barriers we think are holding us back, ask what happens when we enter new territory. My worries were groundless. I loved making the effort required to reach the summit, and I felt little if any loss of my strength or coordination. I may never visit the Palisades again. I'm glad, though, that I made a return trip. And I'm glad it took me a couple of tries to reach the top of the mountain this decade, to gain the summit of Mt. Sill, for if I could climb every mountain on every trip, there No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Coming off the Palisade GlacierCapture Date: Aug 8, 2007 06:04 PM•Views: 358No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Palisade Glacier and mountaineerCapture Date: Aug 8, 2007 05:49 PM•Views: 356No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Looking at the Palisades Glacier, Sierra Nevada Mountains
The glacier was in retreat in 2007, when I made this photograph. I'd like to go back and see what conditions are like, especially after years of drought in California, and rising global temperatures.
Capture Date: Aug 8, 2007 04:58 PM•Views: 559
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Water was in short supplyCapture Date: Aug 8, 2007 05:02 PM•Views: 359No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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My new friends carried a lot of climbing gearCapture Date: Aug 8, 2007 04:49 PM•Views: 357No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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I was glad we were on the rope...Capture Date: Aug 8, 2007 04:32 PM•Views: 359No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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