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"The warm temps and clear sky inspired an impromptu night hike for star gazing, 'hippy camping', and to see the peak fall colors in the Adirondacks come morning.
As many times as I've been up there, waking up with the sunrise to see a thick blanket of clouds over Fourth Lake was magical and one of the prettiest mornings of my life.
A reminder of the achingly beautiful earth we live on and that I am a tiny part of a something much, much greater than I am."
Gear List:
Tent - REI Passage 2
Milky Way at Crater Lake
Shane took this time-lapse as the Milky Way made a full appearance over his camp spot above Crater Lake.
Trail To Mt. Whitney
Camping on Mount Whitney is not for the faint of heart, for it raises higher than any piece of land in the USA outside of Alaska.