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Trevor
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Joined: 31 Jan 2004
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Trevor
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 Mon Jun 23, 2008 2:16 am |
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Not sure if this site is really craving another Stuart report, but creating this felt like a most excellent way to indulge in procrastination/avoidance of sleep.
Considering I don't necessarily want to traipse around in debris-laden-crusted snow, it appeared that the Stuart lake area was the most suitable area; this is of course due to my satiation over the many servings of Colchuck lake I've had on my plate. And finally I can announce that the hike was a non-fail. When the rate of hiking failure declines, I declare summer.
It felt fantastic to stretch the legs over a bit longer distance, and to asses my fitness level up the few-rocky inclines. Basically only one small section of snow on the trail as of last week, which made for a brisk pace; a pace that ended up being entirely necessary considering I had to kill about four hours with mass-thumb twiddling waiting for sunset at the destination. This was quite an exceptional situation taking into account I generally leave the trail heads two hours or less before sunset.
Stuart lake presents a beautiful scene: rugged-snow-capped peaks jutting out of a lake shimmering from the hanging sun. There is one dilemma I encountered at this lake, though:an utter lack of beach. It's one of those areas that appealed more to my eyes than my camera. Not surprisingly, the lake appears to be at a pretty high volume.
Stuart lake obviously wasn't appealing to me as much photogenically, so I meandered over to meadows to look for some tasty treats. And what lay before in the alpine oven were a plenitude of tasty-pink morsels ( don't have an id for the flowers yet). With the lazy curves, rugged backdrop and fruitful flowers, the meadow area is more than visually adequate. I took a seat on an ant-harboring log and enjoyed the light show.
The hike back down into the black forest and the drive home culminated a 16hour+ day trip, which appears to be a new personal best.
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mtnwkr
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Joined: 27 Jul 2004
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Location: Bremerton. I'm the Lorax, I speak for the trees |
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mtnwkr
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Mon Jun 23, 2008 3:12 am |
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#5 is excellent@!@! Great work again Trevor
There's a mostly unspoken acknowledgment among the voluntarily impoverished that it's better to be fiscally poor yet rich in experience-living the dream-than to be traditionally wealthy but live separate from one's passions.
There's a mostly unspoken acknowledgment among the voluntarily impoverished that it's better to be fiscally poor yet rich in experience-living the dream-than to be traditionally wealthy but live separate from one's passions.
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jhiker
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jhiker
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Mon Jun 23, 2008 4:35 am |
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Nice TR
The pictures are awesome.
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Backpacker Joe
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Joined: 16 Dec 2001
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Location: Cle Elum |
Nothing out of the ordinary for the Trebster. Nice work.
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
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wamtngal
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wamtngal
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Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:53 am |
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Opinions expressed here are my own.
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Sore Feet
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Joined: 16 Dec 2001
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Location: Out There, Somewhere |
If the flowers in 9 are the same as 6 and 7, they're Shooting Stars.
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dicentra
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Joined: 04 May 2003
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dicentra
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Mon Jun 23, 2008 1:19 pm |
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Gorgeous!!! 
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superhikerguy
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Joined: 17 Jun 2008
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Who cares if it's another stuart report, the pics are awesome!
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cornRIDE
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cornRIDE
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Tue Jul 01, 2008 4:07 pm |
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wow. that's it. wowsa.
you do justice with your camera! 
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