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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (52868)4/1/2009 11:58:52 AM
From: koan  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 149317
 
>>I saw College Fjord on a cruise a few years ago. Honest to God, the most beautiful sight I've ever seen. Better than Yosemite, even. Mindblowing.<<

I had a work study job in college (remember those?) and taught climbing in the high sierra (climbed mt Humphry to the tippy top 13,986 feet.

And caught a few golden trout.

Nothing in the world as beautiful as the high Sierra.

Sierra National Forest ( in Sierra National Forest (forest, California, United States) )
...one of the forest’s scenic highlights, with many of its peaks exceeding 12,000 feet (3,700 m). Hundreds of miles of trails are maintained in the Mammoth–High Sierra area. The highest peak, Mt. Humphrey (13,986 feet [4,263 m]), is on the Sierra crest. The region offers fishing in numerous cold, clear streams and lakes, as well as bear, deer, and quail hunting and ...