mono lake > mt conness (12 | 19)

  
starting up tioga










dirt




self-portrait, seemed worthwhile in a place like this


reached sawmill camp, dropped the bike and started out on foot to summit mt conness


triumvirate




bouldering


you can see the couloir behind my right hand, but climbing up there by myself without an ice axe seemed unreasonable (not to mention chacos)

parametrics




wet


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apparently that wasn't enough to be tired, so I rode into tuolumne to get some firewood: those photos will come later.



one of my favorite cosmos photos yet:
the moon rose just as I took this photo--lighting the mountain but not obscuring the milky way.

travertine > mono lake (11 | 19)

descending another pass to mono lake mono panorama: full size

bootleg > travertine hot springs (10 | 19)

continued on 395 to bridgeport, land of 2.99 all you can eat pancakes and coffee travertine hot springs: good compliment to several days of pass hunting.

luther pass > monitor pass > bootleg campground (9 | 19)

expansive views.

sunrise.


a second perspective, this campsite... so wonderful.


back on the abandoned road




plummeting downhill with the river


nearing monitor pass after a 3 course breakfast


signs like these... another favorite was "avoid overheating, turn off air conditioner"


high country meadows


yours truly


tourist




this descent... oh my.



into the desert on 395: heading toward camp


a bright moon

donner > luther pass, dispersed camp (8 | 19)

along tahoe


heading south towards luther pass


alongside an abandoned macadam road in luther pass












camped here


in a field of sage


luther pass