![]() ![]() On the way down I noticed it was getting very warm and storms were brewing so a quick stop at a ice cold creek to fill the water bladder and drinking a full quart to my surprise ! I had lots my hat and was feeling the sun as the route and trail have little shade until the last or first mile depending on which direction you are going. While taking some photos having lugged a light weight tripod I was going ot use it along with my 645 cameras I an get amazing enlargements from this format So now I had to put sunscreen on my head, the intense sun will burn you with out you knowing it. The Wind took my hat and blew it somewhere to the northeast well away from me. The Summit is well worth the Effort and even though the ridge is a Class 2 hike at 13,000 feet is not so easy for some one who has just acclimated enough to climb 14 k peaks. The gully to the summit ridge a class 3 scramble on loose red colored sandstone boulders that are all sorts of sizes that like to come loose when you use one as a hand hold! in fact the whole climb is very unstable and is on smaller rocks that can act like ball bearings sending things rolling along with you, at great speed down hill so each step is unnerving even to the most experienced in the area. The Scramble up Cathedral's Summit is not particularly difficult if you are comfortable on loose rotten rock have a helmet and can ignore the sound of rocks falling a thousand feet of so. They will come right up to you and sit down hoping you toss them something. I could hear coyotes yipping I think they knew a human was in the area and humans mean food those guys will carry a 20 lb pack away easily or if they are habituated have learned how to" beg" like any other dog. and let me see elk and mule deer grazing. At least I have some very nice photos of the early AM light on the Peaks reflecting in Cathedral lake, saw a porcupine that was very fat, it has a steady supply of food from hikers no matter how neat they try to be I spotted a Mt lion that leapt amazingly fast when it heard me slowly making my way up the steep headwall the full moon made headlamps unnecessary. I thought I set the Alarm for 3: 30 so I could be down low before the Afternoon storms I am not sure what time I got up. Along with a slow film that has almost no grain. ![]() I just returned from Colorado and some interesting adventures including a unintended Night hike to a beautiful alpine lake and Cathedral peak for some B+ W photos of the Elks the 13,943 ft peak has some of the best views of the Elks and the narrow ridges and Rock towers make for some cool B+ W photos with a red Filter to really bring out the contrasts and darken the sky.
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