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Canon 10D, 17-40 f/4 @17mm, 1/640 sec., ISO: 200, f/11
Another image from another Bastille day - this time 2004. I was set up to spend my third night in the 25+ mile Franklin Pass to Sawtooth Pass loop. I'd not seen another soul for two of the 3 days I'd been backpacking. I wasn't feeling chipper since, for some reason or other I was a little altitude sick even though most of my hiking had been between 8,000 and, at the lake, 10,000 feet elevation. I suppose it may have been because I was 61 years old at that time and had pushed myself to climb the first pass (Franklin Pass) before finding a campsite. Both passes are above 12,500 feet and that first day may have contributed to my feeling a little out of sorts for the remainder of my trek. Two women, a mother and daughter, camped nearby that night. I was very grateful they showed up because the next morning they were gracious enough to help me get my pack up a ledge while I was standing in a stream one must cross to get to the use paths for going over Sawtooth. My tent and my sleeping bag (airing out) are in the right foreground. My bear canister is on a ledge in middle foreground. No longer a backpacker. Just a day hiker. Mike |
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by Carol Clarke
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