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<\/a><\/p>\nI stopped at a bend in the road just north of the Grandview Campground in the Eastern Sierra a few miles from the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, home of the oldest known trees on the planet. I was camping out with 4WheelBob and Rick McCharles, and this would be the day when Bob set out on his epic three-day hike to the White Mountain summit. <\/p>\n
Turned out I wasn’t alone at that bend in the road. A young guy with a camera had the same idea in his head. We chatted, took some pictures as the sun painted the far peaks pink, and went on our way. <\/p>\n
A few minutes ago I checked my Flickr page for fresh comments and noticed one from a guy who added me to his contacts list the other day. Long story short: he was that guy I met that morning. Here’s a link to his picture.<\/a> Turns out he fetched a bunch of excellent shots of the pines (here’s his photo album<\/a>). <\/p>\n His name is Jason Armstong; he lives in Boulder Creek and is quite the avid hiker\/photographer. His Big Basin shots<\/a> make me jealous.<\/p>\n Small world, eh? <\/p>\n If you feel like a trip down memory lane, check out:<\/p>\n Before dawn on the 22nd of August last year, I got up early to catch the sight of the sun illuminating the peaks of the High Sierra just west of Bishop. Here’s one of the pictures I took: I stopped…<\/p>\n\n