Emergence

Climb and climb, up up up, into the gray, with hopeful expectations of clearing days and fantastic views of the Olympics. I had been here before, maybe 5 years earlier, but not this exact spot. The valleys below often fill with fog and leave a splendid view of glacier peak above the clouds, and it was my intention to hopefully recreate this scene I had seen before. I wasn't a photographer then, so I didn't really capture it. This time we sat in pouring rain, and wet weather for days on end, until eventually it cleared. Everything was in bloom, and wet, and the clouds seemed to come in above and below, with only seldom views of the fantastic alpine around us. We would have gone further, but the snow fields were still vast, and the weather foreboding, so we were content to stay snug in our tent and venture forth when the weather allowed.

Done