“A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away.” ― Eudora Welty
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This is the last 100ft of Cloud’s Rest. You can go over to the other side from the top where there is a ledge wide enough for several people and tripods.
I didn’t go up there. Perhaps next time I’ll not have any adverse reaction to the altitude and be able to go up there.
Nikon D300s| Nikkor 18mm @ f22| 1/160 sec| ISO 400| Manual Mode| Tripod| Cable Release
In the Still of the Night, originally uploaded by dmzajac2004-.
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On the way to hike Cloud’s Rest we stopped here first then backtracked to the trail-head for the night hike.
Looking NE. Are these stars part of Perseus? Wish I knew the constellations better!
Nikon D300s| Nikkor 18mm| f5.6| 20 seconds| ISO 1600| Manual Mode| Tripod| Cable Release
Star Trails from Cloud’s Rest, originally uploaded by dmzajac2004-.
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5 hikers went on Pre-hike up to Cloud’s Rest to feel out the terrain, trail, shoot the full moon, and if any of us were lucky get a meteor in the frame too. I did see meteors from Perseids, or perhaps they were only shooting stars at an earlier photo stop along the trail up.
This is looking NNE toward Yosemite Wilderness. I used a high ISO because the stars were competing with the light of the full Moon, and it was getting lighter with each passing minute. I wanted to get as many stars as possible.
We started the ascent just after 10PM and I arrived here 5h 33m later.
I started this series of star trails at 3:51 A.M on Aug. 14, 2011. There are 22 frames| f8| 30 seconds each| ISO 1600. Nikon D300s| Nikkor 18mm Ai-S f3.5 lens| Tripod| Cable Release
Hike details:
It’s a 7.1 mile hike to Cloud’s Rest.
Time to top 5h33m
Total elevation gain: 3,099ft
Total rd trip 9h25m
Total miles- 14.2mi
It was a struggle for me once I hit 9,000ft. I started feeling nauseous, and heavy, and later with more altitude I started feeling dizzy. I rested a lot, and pushed through it. I didn’t climb the last 100ft of Cloud’s Rest…the most precarious part of the trail because the terrain was granite, with a shear drop off of 7,000ft, and the trail is exposed -only about 30-40 feet wide or so. Not something I wanted to attempt feeling nauseous, and dizzy. I am very happy to have made here. It was an epic hike, and challenging 24 hours.
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…and where ever it leads you I hope you find what you’re looking for.
Have a wonderful week-end everyone!
I got a tip from a photography friend about this warning. It’s legit! I changed my settings sometime ago so updates are NOT automatic. I must approve all updates. Read the whole thing!
http://www.onlinesocialmedia.net/20110811/beware-firefox-update-scam-going-around-with-trojan-horse/
Update: Another friends emails- ” Yes never run any .exe file from an email.
For updates the best way to click on the help pull down at top left and then click on check for updates.”
Good advice. Thanks WD!
I had the pleasure of hiking with the “Wednesday Hiking Group” today. I haven’t hiked with them in a really long time due to work. Today I didn’t have work scheduled so I met them.
The group split into two groups at 3.25miles. The Rabbits took a shorter route that would loop them back and give them a 6.5mile hike, and the Big Dogs continued on to complete a 10.85mile hike.
There were 5 Big Dogs, and I’m happy to say I was one of them. On the way back we took the Bayview Trail for a bit and there beside it was some wild Foxglove. I’ve never seen it in the wild before. It was a lovely surprise.
Foxglove’
A little later we saw some pretty Pacific Pea.
The fog hung thick in the Santa Cruz Mountain Range today, and several times we got rained on. It was definitely the place to hike on hot sunny day in the valley.
It was great seeing some old friends, and meeting new people today. I hope it’s not long before I can hike with the group again. There was another neat surprise during this hike I’ll share soon!
I’ve made my Hike Stats public if you’d like to see them, and the route map go here.
Info on Mount Madonna County Park is here.
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I had planned to hike with the Ranger to Iceberg Lake on this morning, but it took me a half hour longer to get here than I had hoped due to 4 road construction stops on the "Going to the Sun Road". So I was late. I missed them by 20mins.
Donning my hiking boots, back-pack, and trekking poles I hit Iceberg Ptarmigan Trail on my own. I caught up with a couple about a 1/2 mile in who were looking up the mountain at a Mountain goat who was too high up to get a good photo of so I left them and continued on.
I stopped to take a few photos of the wildflowers and soon a group of 4 passed me. You see 2 of them here. It was Spring in the park in mid July. Water was flowing down the mountain sides, and wildflowers were abundant.
About 2.5 miles into the hike to my astonishment I caught up with the Ranger and group! I hung out with them for a short time, but realized she was going to be taking too long, and I was to meet my friend Big Jay later that afternoon. So leaving the Ranger and group behind I set out on the Iceberg Ptarmigan Trail on my own for the second time this morning.
Hike details:
Total miles- 9.77mi
Elevation gain- 1200ft
Total time- 5h
Nikon D90| Nikkor 17-35 @ 19mm| f8| 1/60 sec| ISO 200| Manual Mode| Tripod
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