A clear night high in the mountains always has new rewards. Wednesday night found my roommate Chad and I tucked beneath the east face of Chair Peak, just an hour's drive from Seattle and a 2 hour hike in. With sky's as clear as they had been all year, there we relaxed in our toasty down bags, contemplating the heavens. Chad's knowledge of astronomy guided endless questions about what lay above us. Two hours passed.....over 10 satellites were counted in just a small section of the dark sky. Amazing how much things have quickly changed. Even more amazing, countless falling stars still provide a breath-taking show! Thankfully, our mother nature is of yet still the same and we can still enjoy that work of art capable of humbling even the humblest and inspiring the most-inspired.A beautiful morning awoke us and we began our journey up the looming rock face .
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