Lessons Learned From a Hiking Lark in Wyoming Backcountry

Now for the Wind River Range. With clouded optics from the rainy onslaught and the naive optimism of a sunny forecast ahead, my vision was to go pedal to the metal the next handful of days. I mean, I felt fine, and there was finally sun in the forecast for fuck sake. What could go wrong?

Well, it turns out the vistas were beautiful but they came at a cost. A week into our trip, so close to our grand prize view I had been willing us towards, we witnessed a complete breakdown of our summer dream team about 12 of the 13 miles and 3,500 of the 3,800 feet into our longest day of backpacking yet.

What ensued was a sobering juxtaposition of one of the most beautiful landscapes you will ever see paired with expletive shouts shared from across a lake. Just moments from our desired alpine lake we frantically broke off into two groups in search of a new place to rest our heads.

Source: https://www.fieldmag.com/articles/hiking-wind-river-range-wyoming-film-photography