Climbing Diamond Peak, Lassen Nat'l Park

Seth and Katie on the final approach up the summit of Diamond Peak in Lassen Volcanic National Park, California.

The sun set on us about 3 times as we were climbing up, it was great.
I apologize for the heavy breathing, at 7900+ feet the air is kinda thin. And I'm kinda out of shape.

The "center" I zoom in on is the Kohm Ya-mah-nee Visitor Center at the Southwest entrance to the park. Katie and I both work there with the California Parks Company; which is why we are in our working uniforms. We went hiking right after work and were able to catch a mountain-top sunset :D

Once we got back to the car, we noticed a strong, but pleasant minty smell. Apparently, some of the plants we walked through were a mountain variety of mint. Our shoes were minty fresh!

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[MushroomxSpider]

Watching this video makes me realize just how very ADD I can be. I blame the altitude.

[stormybrook75]

your niece says you look like wolverine! ;)

[stormybrook75]

Soooo cool! Love you brother!