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Windy Gap August 2005 |
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Is it Win-D or Wine-D, who knows? |
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I almost died this past summer. That's right, Chad tried to kill me. As with most everything, it all started with a good idea: let's go backpacking. Chad did the research and picked the destination--a section of the Wonderland Trail in the foothills of Mt. Rainier called the Windy Gap. It all seems pretty harmless for the first two miles until you cross the Carbon River, at which point the trail goes straight uphill. Our destination, Lake James, is about 8.5 miles from the trailhead, but we added another little 2 mile side trip to see a natural stone bridge... what a Park Ranger referred to as a 'must see.' The bridge was indeed cool, however I think if we knew how completely knackered our bodies would be by the time we got to camp, we might have skipped it. There were certainly plenty of other natural wonders surrounding us throughout the trek, and you know me and Chad: our cameras were constantly snapping. We eventually made it to camp, whipped up our boil-in-a-bag dinners, and retired to the tent shortly thereafter to play You Show Me Yours, I'll Show You Mine. Digital photos, that is. (Sheesh! Get your mind out of the gutter!) Too bad the viewing screen on my camera is so small or I might have noticed the big smudge across my camera lens. Most all of my photos are rubbish because of it, and hell yes I'm bitter. Anyway, it was quite a slog but we did survive and we saw some epic scenery along the way. Here's a few snaps for your entertainment...
campfire | chad inhales his head* | *me, myself and I
crossing the carbon river | marmot | frog | walk in the woods
summer wildflowers
chad strikes his familiar pose twice | boil in a bag | you show me yours? . *Chad and I like to mess around with our cameras... These photos were taken whilst messing with an open shutter and a head lamp . |
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