August 22

Weather guessers had a 40% chance of showers up for Sunday. Based on my August 19th experience I...

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decided to walk on Saturday. I knew the trailhead was gonna be crowded so got an early start.

scopin

Holy shit!!

The ranger said they started showing up at 2 pm on Friday. Apparently half of BYU greets the sun on Satudays when the moon is close to full.

After parking a mile down the road and dealing with the coeds for an hour, it wuz me and the bow hunters up the east facing.

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Made the ridge for a look into Pica cirque. Nowhere to ascend and the nightwalking, sunrise viewers were gone so I

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descended with thoughts of summiting.

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Word at the pass was goats by the lake...

runner

so off we go.

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Worse than the columbines

mouthful

Couple hanging in the meadow,

grazing

most of um were below the lake

waterhole

polluting the creek.

kidsma

Native or non, less impact than the humans

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in the same place?

scram

This guy

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young buck, alpha

lookathat

could care less

nod

Got up close

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and personal

billy

from all sides.

stigma

Hopin that eye heals.

yearling

Up and coming

horns

Coulda burned through

nubs

coupla gbs but,

tay

tayers made me aware

snowfield

the afternoon was slipping away

leaving

Just when ya think

loaded

yer burly fer packin a load in...

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