Sunday, March 20, 2011

Modern-Day Huck Finn

This shot of my friend and 2010 backpacking companion Bill Wechter, a photographer for the North County Times in San Diego, reminds of Huckleberry Finn. I took it the afternoon before or after (I can't recall) we hiked up and over Bishop Pass, 11,972 feet above sea level and probably the highest elevation I've ever climbed, since I hadn't backpacked since probably junior high school or high school.