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Breakfast on the ridge

This was at the end of August in 2k8, a solo trek spanning lakes Lila and Rachel in an overnight attempt at Ramparts, easily one of the most beautiful of areas in the Alpine lakes Wilderness. I had a bear come through camp in the night, endured terrible temperatures and high winds that brought storm after storm, including 3 brief blizzards. It was a cold night and I was very much alone in the harshest of elements to date. I got out just after dawn, made breakfast on a ridge a mile away and with field glasses watched as a bear raised all sorts of hell in the camp at Rachel Lake. It was a miserable trip once camp was set, and the first time I felt the scope of being alone in the middle of nowhere, brought on no doubt by inclement weather. The photoset tells the tale, there are some beautys in there, I hope you enjoy. Rampart Lakes set located here.