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so please, let me be lonely tonight.

12/22/2014

 
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You who complain that I am cold find Nature cold. To me she is warm. My heat is latent to you. Fire itself is cold to whatever is not of a nature to be warmed by it. A cool wind is warmer to a feverish man than the air of a furnace. That I am cold means that I am of another nature. Thoreau
Morning y'all,

It is a gloomy morning up top. The high yesterday reached 37 degrees. The low was 24 degrees, recorded early yesterday morning. It is currently 33 degrees and mostly cloudy. The mountain received no new precipitation and a good bit of the snow melted yesterday afternoon. There is still patchy snow and some ice remaining up top. Be sure to pack some sort of traction devices if you intend to summit!

The cloud is all pervading right now, the world I know hidden behind a veil of ever changing moisture. I love strolling around camp in conditions like this... it always evokes such poignancy. On beautiful, clear days the world is big, you feel small with your thoughts inconsequential and feelings trivial. The contrast of these mysterious fog laden days with those big forever summer days is fitting today, one of the shortest of the year. With not as much distance and scale to feel out there, we are forced to dwell in our minds, where are emotions take on a special resonance without clear sunny grandeur to distract as one meanders. Just another gift from the mountain.
Barb
12/22/2014 01:15:55 am

Yes it is...

gsmhikerdude
12/22/2014 02:01:18 am

Hi there. My friend and I went up there on Saturday. We ate lunch on the porch of cabin 9. While sitting there, I noticed that the windows to the porch were not closed. Both of us tried to shut them, but I think it has to be locked from the inside. I just wanted to let you know before the bad weather coming this week. Thanks!

JP
12/22/2014 04:35:34 am

Thanks for the heads up! Took care of it this morning!

Mike
12/22/2014 11:12:15 am

Thanks, JP. Cabin #9 is my favorite one to stay in. Hope to be there come April 13 and wouldn't want it to be wet1 ;-)

rose
12/22/2014 02:19:43 am

counting down three days to be waking up looking at LeConte! what a beautiful view to wake up to. you are so blessed to be able to enjoy every minute! hopefully we will get some snow for Christmas!

norman
12/22/2014 03:14:24 am

Sure not a 'wallpaper' picture. Will leave 12/19's!

norman
12/23/2014 12:15:28 am

not for me -- replaced 12/19's with early shot of LeConte from the Hightland condo webcam!!

Jon
12/22/2014 03:51:43 am

Beautiful picture

Pat N
12/22/2014 05:48:46 am

Even blah has beauty! Love the posts with or without sunshine...with or without snow. Merry Christmas, JP

norman
12/23/2014 12:21:10 am

I need a new heart!!


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