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Monday, May 05, 2008
 

Mick Range, 5 May 2008, 2008

Fellow hiker, mountaineer, Clubtread.com participant, big tree enthusiast and honorary Team Cat member. Shot around the 1000m. mark on the south slope of Grouse Mountain, a few enormous mountain hemlocks in the background. Shortly before this photograph was made Mick and I were disturbed by a chorus of whistling and squeaking from the top of one of the neighboring trees. "Bald eagle," said Mick. Thirty seconds later, the largest eagle I have ever seen in my life, with a wingspan of easily six feet from tip to tip, dove out of the tree, skimmed directly above us, and zipped off along the 1000m. contour, hunting lunch. No summits were obtained, the coffee in the chalet was only passable, the "isothermic snow" had us plunging up to our knees, and Mick and I spent the whole day creaking along like old men, both having somehow missed breakfast. Still, another amazing day out in the local mountains, overcast but definitely warm like spring.
- posted by cjb @ 8:45 PM


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