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I’ve had too many but, this season, it was getting caught in a blizzard at roughly 12.5 k, just above treeline, while hiking up mt. Elbert. The forecast the previous day called for light snow in the morning—a forecast that, unbeknownst to me, became a 24-hour-long snowstorm that shut down I70 completely. Trail got covered, eyelashes froze, etc. It was one of those butthole-clenching hikes down where you’re just hoping it doesn’t get worse before you get to lower elevation
On the plus, a wild bird ate nuts out of my hand on the hike up—I assume it was desperate for food. That was pretty cool.
