mountains stretching across the horizon to the east, west and north were inspiring. The trip home is always fun in the beginning, as you bask in the glory of having made the summit and being high in the alpine. By the time you get to the valley bottom, when the heat is
Under the stars: Brewmaster Jason Addy makes breakfast coffee, as John Rapp gets some extra shut eye. The group slept on the snow, under the stars, on the shoulder of Mount Diadem. TARN IT: This small pond on the shoulder of Mount Diadem is surrounded by grassy meadow in the late summer, but in early summer, ice floats in it. Still, it made for a refreshing dip.
Dwarfed: Tiny figures (from left) Jason Addy, John Rapp and Tom Fortington, cross the alpine as they approach the south ridge of Mount Diadem.
scorching and you have to travel 40 km back home under your own power, you have to just retreat into your mind. All the excited chitchat that got you up the mountain the day before is gone. But the feeling of total exhaustion upon arrival at home provides for days of euphoria.
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