Hiking with Bak

A few days ago, I had a chance to go hiking with Justin again and he brought one of his students named Bak. We climbed a 17,700 foot peak called Zemala Mountain and the views were incredible.

Me and Bak

A panorama at a little waterfall, about an hour into our hike.

Incredible.

Waterfall as the sun rises.

It took us about 3 hours to summit, but we all felt surprisingly good (for having climbed to over 3 miles above sea level).

Smiles at the summit.

Summit panorama.

Justin on the summit.

Clouds literally close enough to touch.

After we summited, we hiked down to an alpine lake at 17,000 feet and Justin and I went for a little dip. And it was cold.

Panorama with the lake below

Beginning the hike down

After swimming roughly 200 meters across the pond and back (just to see if we could), we finished out descent and made it back to town in time to have chicken and waffles with Stacy. Made by Stacy.

On the far side of the lake and cold.

Ready for the final hike down.

Pretty much the perfect day.