Cold, tired, hungry, happy

A friend, Paul, and I went on a backpacking trip this past weekend up O'Malley Mountain. We left early Saturday morning, hiked about a mile into a valley between two ridges in the Chuchach mountains, dug out a snow cave big enough for two, spent the rest of the day summitting O'Malley and climbing back down, slept the frigid night in the cave, and then hiked out the next day. It was a pretty sweet time, and my first notable expedition into the hills. One of the coolest things about it was the amazing views we saw--click on the photo for a Flickr slideshow of some of what we saw.