John Muir
February 17, 2022
Fatigued by buffeting headwinds and a 2500 foot elevation gain, we finally gained a glimpse of Lassen Peak. Or was it? No, this was, in fact, a false peak replete with a meandering chaos of talus, boulders and geological detritus. The true peak still lay a few hundred yards ahead, to the right of a receding glacier–a reminder we were at 10,470 […]