The story that comes to mind for tonight is one from the Goat Rocks near White Pass, WA. I may have mentioned some of it in a previous post but it is known as "The Afternoon Cloudwash" it happened like this:
After a spectacular view for lunch on the northern side of the "Knife Edge", Louis "Poptart" and I started across the said ridge in two separate waves. There was a bit of a climb ahead and I usually hike faster uphill than he does so the separation was expected. I hiked across some of the most memorable scenery that I have come across not noticing the goats playing in the glaciers below me. When I reached the peak I took a sweeping panorama video of the area and sat down to have a snack and enjoy the scene while I waited for Poptart to catch up. While sitting there on the peak with 360 degree views at an elevation over 7,000 ft., a cloud at about 6,500 came cruising across the valley below me. A split second later the cloud came up over me, and I was completely enclosed in a windy white sheet only able to see a few feet in front of me! It was the most incredible experience to be completely enclosed in the mist knowing I was at the peak of an expansive valley, yet could only see the rocks I was sitting on. Moments later the cloud left and once again the panorama was before me. It's hard to describe what that experience was like in words, but it's unlike anything I've been through before it since.
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