SummitPost - Unlikely Spot for Flowers to Bloom -- Photos, Diagrams & Topos

FOR

MbPost.com -- It's SP for Mountain Biking!

Areas & Ranges·Mountains & Rocks·Routes·Images·Articles·Trip Reports·Gear·Other·People·Plans & Partners·What's New·Forum

Unlikely Spot for Flowers to Bloom

[ Sizes: Orig | Large | Med | Small | Thumb ]

After more than an hour of bare rocks and glacier snow, this blade of grass looked like coming from another world. The flowers were quite out of place in this land of granite spires and gendarmes.
Lyell. California. July 14, 2007. 11:45 am.

Comments

[ Post a Comment ]

Viewing: 1-2 of 2

dpatmalloy

sky pilots

Voted 8/10

totally in place, the climber's great reward in the Sierra. I hope you got close enough to smell their heavenly scent

Posted Jul 22, 2007 12:15 am


	Vladislav	Re: sky pilots
	Hasn't voted	What a fitting name! Oh, yes, I've seen them and knelt down to smell them many times. They still catch me by surprise up there in the higher desert. Vlad.
		Posted Jul 22, 2007 3:12 am

Viewing: 1-2 of 2

Rate This Image

Current Score: 88.8%

[ View 18 Votes | Post Comment ]

Lyell and Maclure Dayhike (Album)

« PREV

Viewing
#2 of 15
GALLERY

Vladislav's Image Gallery

« PREV

Viewing
#13 of 147
GALLERY

Mount Lyell (Mountain/Rock)

Image Data

Submitted by Vladislav
on Jul 21, 2007 1:02 am

Image ID: 314318
Hits: 2221

Lat/Lon: 37.73940°N / 119.2706°W

Image Type(s): Hiking

"Let's stop all these useless arguments. For myself I have proven that better than mountains are only mountains where I haven't been yet." --Vladimir Vysotsky