Dark and Stormy...isn't that the name of a cocktail?? Mount Yale Attempt.

I think Andrew is on to me and quickly realizing sometimes I can come up with ideas, that to others, just sound a little over the top. We were pretty wrecked after doing two 14'ers back to back. We followed that by a day of soaking in some local hotsprings! But after several conversations with locals that responded with you guys are crazy....!! I think he started figuring out that maybe not all people got after the way we were getting after it...my excuse "this is how its done in AK!!!"

Maybe not a lot to say about this one....except dark and stormy!!! We were still living on east coast time, which was the way to do it, as most people know I don't love mornings! So we did our usually 8 AM at the trailhead, and watched a huge storm roll through.



After some sitting it out, followed by a decision to move camp to a drier spot...our weather window appeared! We bolted to a different trail head that would allow us to reach the top with shorter distance, but a steeper grade.

The hike was certainly beautiful, and getting above tree line were we able to watch another storm brew. We called it about 1000 feet from the top.....! So close, better luck next time!