training for hiking
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Training with a Plan, Part II: Light the Fire
Photo: Carrie Markusen in a cloud on the summit of Hailey Pass, Wind River Mountains, Wyoming 2023. Emerging from the forest, we follow a faint path winding through wet alpine tundra dotted with drooping Blue bells. Dark clouds scud across the sky pregnant with rain. A flash of lighting brightens the sky. I count, “One,…
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Total Eclipse of the Sun: A Wilderness Adventure
Photo: Waiting for the 2017 Total Eclipse of the sun with high tech glasses. The sun is obscured by thick clouds; the air heavy with the smell of wet rock and tundra. Winding through shards of granite and alpine wildflowers, the trail snakes upward toward the 11,000 foot pass. Approaching the pass the clouds thin,…