Category: Glacier National Park

Exceeded expectations

jeff noel in mountains
Clements, left. Oberlin, right.
  • Ground color mashup is always fiery in Autumn.
  • Heavy Runner highest point on right. Heading down the East side of Logan Pass.
  • Love the Logan Pass Valley as it winds to St Mary Lake.
  • St Mary Lake and Valley are around the left corner.
  • Glacier’s signature Clements Mountain.
  • Logan Pass snowmelt hits the valley floor here as it flows to St Mary Lake.
  • Someday, maybe, i will climb down there. But not alone, right?
  • Twins from this angle. From other angles, not in a million years.
  • Clements on left. Oberlin on right.
  • Time stamping 2020 visit.
Glacier National Park, October 3, 2020.

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Failure or opportunity?

mountainside
At this point, intent on summiting Pollock and heading over to Bishops Cap is 100% doable. The right rock wall is approximately 30′ tall. Doesn’t look anywhere near that tall but it is.
  • Enough snow has melted that snow is a non-issue.
  • This chute is so steep, and so long. As if there is no end in sight.
  • Making the way over to Pollock and The Great Cleft.
  • Looking good so far.
  • Without warning, way finding becomes difficult…and, impossible.
  • The weather is warm yet windy. At 3:00 PM, i should be going through The Great Cleft now.
  • Only 350′ to summit.
  • This is what 8,900′ views look like.
  • My buddy, Oberlin, right-middle mountain at 8,200;. Mt Cannon top right., Clements, left.
  • Sat here and contemplated plan B’s. Perhaps hike over to the right edge. Analyzing the distance, steepness, and rock structure, and being alone, it was an easy, “Nope”.
Glacier National Park, October 2, 2020.

When you change what you see, what you see changes. For example, do you have a failure or an opportunity?

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A productively innocent morning

car in car wash
Third rental car wash and first complete vacuum (inside is easier to keep clean than the outside) in 50 days.

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No-gym gym

motel parking lot
This is my primary gym, at the end of the Motel property. Also used Granite Park Chalet, several trails, and a summit. No equipment necessary.
  • Oreos for trail lunch desserts ruined my suger-free days streak. Surrendered to it. Back at sugar-free again.
  • With 50 days of mostly freeze-dried breakfasts and dinners, chocolate milk and chocolate almost feels like fresh air from routine.
  • Left Motel at 5:00 PM for a change of pace. About 30 minutes into the hour drive to Logan Pass.
Glacier National Park 2020.

Covid-19 revealed i do not need a gym or equipment to stay active. Months before 2020’s seven-week Glacier trip, a no-gym gym routine was established.

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Rare Wolverine sighting

mountain side full of boulders
You climb and climb through areas like this where you have no idea how much closer you are getting to the summit.
  • A creature – thought it was a marmot, what else could it be – approached me and i realized it was probably a Wolverine. This is one of a half dozen shots i eventually took in a “Hail Mary” attempt to capture an image.
  • It was fast, and on the third sighting as it ran away, one of the Hail Mary pictures struck gold. Almost invisible lower center in front of snow spot, the Wolverine’s distinct markings confirm.
  • Heaven’s Peak.
  • Pollock Mountain.
  • Clements Mountain.
  • Bearhat Mountain.
  • Mt Reynolds.
  • Mount Jackson.
  • Edwards Mountain.
  • Blackfeet Mountain.
  • Mt Siyeh.
  • Fireworks, Glacier National Park style.
Glacier National Park.

Compare your past month’s habits against what seems reasonable to believe are personally vibrant habits. Satisfied?

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