‘Surely from time to time, for its vestiges never depart, it floats through our atmosphere.’

We ventured up the 395 to Lone Pine this past holiday weekend to explore some bouldering routes West of Rovana near Pine Creek.  We initially wanted to go a little further North around Mammoth area but due to the Creek Fire we were limited in how far we could safely go.  We camped across the road at Pleasant by the reservoir on Sunday night and then headed to Alabama Hills for some sport climbing.  The fire season this year has been among the worst California has seen, and it was somewhat surreal to be able to climb in a landscape that was painted in such a brightly de-saturated orange hue. All photos taken with my Fuji X100T