#cispus river

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The summer evening light shining on Tower Rock above the Cispus River in rural Lewis County near Randle, Washington.

Photographer Steve G. Bisig

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Summer Evening Light on Tower Rock, Washington, 2019 A landscape photograph of the summer evening light shining on Tower Rock above the Cispus River in rural Lewis County near Randle, Washington Originally posted at http://www.stevebisig.com/photo-summer-evening-light-on-tower-rock-washington-2019/ #CispusRiver, #Landscape, #LandscapePhotography, #LewisCounty, #Nature, #NaturePhotography, #NorthAmerica, #Northwest, #Outdoor, #OutdoorPhotography, #Outdoors, #PacificNorthwest, #TowerRock, #UnitedStates, #Usa, #Washington, #WashingtonState

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Cispus River, WA

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Cispus River, Lewis County, Washington, 2016 http://www.stevebisig.com/cispus-river-lewis-county-washington-2016/

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Touring the Gifford Pinchot National Forest: Randle to Burley Mountain, Washington, 2016 http://www.stevebisig.com/touring-the-gifford-pinchot-national-forest-randle-to-burley-mountain-washington-2016/

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As thru-hikers roll north, it is wonderful to be able to feature photos and stories from the beautiful north end of the PCT. Lindsey and Kyle, who together make ‘Tandem Trekking’ (see www.tandemtrekking.com) capture the PCT in Lindsey’s words and Kyle’s photos. I love these photos of Mt. Adams, a mountain overshadowed by its tempestuous neighbor, Mt. St. Helens, and its big brother, Mt. Rainier.

Kyle and Lindsey met in 2011 at the Phoenix Airport where they were both waiting to be picked up so we could start volunteering with the American Conservation Experience.  “It was basically love at first sight,” Lindsey writes. “I thought Kyle had a nice smile and an inspiring story and he thought I had a great ass.  A month or so later I sprung a crazy idea on him while we lay in our tent somewhere in the Coconino National Forest: What if we hiked the Appalachian Trail together?  He agreed instantly.  This proves that we are both crazy and thus, perfect for each other (ugh, that was sappy).” They did walk the AT in 2013 and now are well along on the PCT.

I intend to publish more of their words and pictures.

We woke up, Mount Adams just lighting up in the distance with a sea of clouds lapping at its base. An incredible inversion filled the valley with white fluffy clouds, leaving little mountain islands floating in its expanse. I wondered if it was raining below the clouds. We packed up early and headed out before the sun was really up. Because we had stopped early we had a long day ahead of us, but the elevation profile looked easy enough, at least after we had climbed Cispus Pass. The hike out of our high alpine park and down to the basin bellow Cispus Pass was stunning. Goat Rocks Wilderness is an amazing place, it hurt to be hiking out of it instead of deeper into it. In the basin below Cispus Pass we were able to look straight out the headwaters of Cispus River and into the clouds bellow. A easy zigzagging trail took us out of the basin and up to the pass, where we finally got our first rays of warm sunshine.