Once we hit ridgeline, the fog rolled in, it was super amazing. You could not see 20 feet in front of you or behind you. Thankfully Aric had a gps running so we can manage using that. We had several stops on the way up, add layers, take off layers , add layers again. It was muggy, Steven King Mist style weather. Really creepy but also really bad ass. Imagine looking down the mountain and not seeing anything but grey.
We pushed up the rocks towards the cog, which we could hear and knew it was close but couldn't see it until it was right next to us. We decided to follow the rail line when we missed our cut off. Going up the train rail, we saw all sorts of fallen items, washers, bolts, rail nails, and piping. Would have missed it going up the normal trail. We passed over a grave area, and hearing people's voices we knew we were close. Using basic logic, we said let's bang a right here and go up theses rocks. While climbing the rocks, I saw a sign in the distance, I thought we had reached the road. Aric goes "Derek Look left, boom there's the Ops center right in front of us" Had He not said something i would have just climbed to the sign thinking we are almost there.
Weather conditions got worse, I made sure since it was the three of them, first time up, to get the proper picture.
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| Aric,Jessy, Tarik Well Earned. |
