Morning y'all,
It's a beautiful morning up top. The mountain has a light dusting of snow and the clouds are dancing about in a mesmerizing way. The high yesterday reached 37 degrees. The low got down to 18 degrees. It's currently 22 degrees and clear at 7am observation. The mountain received .53" of rain yesterday morning. There's still only patchy snow on the ground. I would bet the trails are in pretty nasty shape, with all the water coming off the mountain freezing overnight with the low temperatures we received. Be cautious. I had an exhilarating hike on Alum yesterday morning. The weather was as raw as I've seen up here. It was in the mid-30's, raining in shotgun bursts and the wind was cutting through the trees like a buzzsaw, stabbing with blasts of frigid power. The display was too captivating to turn back, the whole mountain buzzing with activity and force, watching the trees sway in the monumental gusts, threatening to snap and break, then holding on time and time again. There was simply too much happening to fall into a meditative trance like on most woodswalks, a kind of sensory overload made for a memorable day. It's especially impressive to consider that a storm of that magnitude seemed to cause little damage, which would indicate that all the blowdowns, slides and such on the mountain were caused by acts of an even greater order. It's impossible not to feel a swell of reverence in the midst of such intensity, action, and purity.
Lewis
2/27/2013 01:49:59 am
wonderful report
Ryan--La
2/27/2013 02:55:27 am
Morning JP, still planning to come up Alum Friday morning. Any last minute idems?
JP
2/27/2013 03:22:48 am
Ryan,
Ryan--La
2/27/2013 03:34:53 am
JP, that shouldn't be too hard to find. I'll put that on my list.
Guy
2/27/2013 06:51:15 am
Yep! Hershey's Milk Chocolate bar, dipped in almond butter it is awsome!!!
Debi
2/27/2013 03:34:59 am
Hold onto your hat up there and watch out for falling timbers.
Brian N bama
2/27/2013 06:14:34 am
Debi, I just go through looking at them. I just need to come visit you with my boys and let them go dog sledding. They would love it.
Debi
2/27/2013 11:03:21 am
Brian, I have never had the dogs hooked up and running. My son and I are summer help. They go to the U.P. for the winter where alot of the races and trails are. Their owner has a cabin up there. And when hes not there, in Florida with his wife in the winter, or home here in Ludington he goes up there and does races. He is 70 years old and he calls those dogs his exercise program. He has a wonderful couple up there that watch them. My son and I scoop alot of dog poop, water, feed and let them off their chains and let them run around the kennel. Thats my rush, having 24 sled dogs running around you and playing. Its a ball!! Al, the owner keeps telling us to come up and run them sometime too. But its 5 hours away and never seem to have the time. He just did a 200 mile race in the UP and March 15th hes doing another one its the Hudson Bay Quest and thats 225 miles. Hes a 4 time Ididarod veteran. Hes a great man and quite the inspiration to alot of us. My oldest son started doing the dogs when he was 12 and then 6 years latter, my youngest son took over when he was 11. I thought he was a bit too young so I went with him to help out. Boy, its the best thing I did.
Raz Theo
2/27/2013 03:39:10 am
J.P., you're incredible.
JP
2/27/2013 05:24:28 am
Thanks, Raz. Yesterday reminded me of this gem...
m ha
2/28/2013 06:55:16 pm
Thank you.
m ha
3/1/2013 03:01:59 am
In the dry desert there is a garden with 200 years old trees and size of 1km.1km it is beautifull with stream and falls and plane to mountains it's name is the prince garden it was made about 200 years ago by a prince for himself.
Tony Ga
2/27/2013 05:22:31 am
This is for Allyson (if you are checking the blog), How's your time off the mountain been? Ready to get back to work? Any marathons planned this year? Looking forward to your return.
Allyson
2/27/2013 08:54:26 am
Hi Tony,
Barbara
2/27/2013 12:07:02 pm
Allyson- can't wait to hear about Kilimanjaro! And to see pictures. Rest fast, you'll be back all too soon.
Ken Taylor
2/27/2013 01:49:05 pm
Looking forward to your safe return and anxious to see see you pics
Will
2/27/2013 01:30:03 pm
Yo JP! A Buddy and I are coming up Saturday and would love to swing by and chill for a bit. We r staying at shelter. We briefly met u last year in January but wanted to make it more official this year! Been loving all yourPosts! Talk soon! Email me back if u can and let me know the best way to meet up.
ALLISON
2/27/2013 04:54:16 pm
WHEN WE EXPET TO HELP WITH A HELO DROP FRON THR PARTWAY?. Comments are closed.
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