In October 2004, David and I headed up to Panthertown for a day hike. I really wanted to hike up to Cold Mountain. I had never been to the Devil’s Elbow side of Panthertown, nor had I been up Cold Mountain. Well, we made it to Devil’s…
I was happy in the immediate presence of nature in its most staggering grandeur, in living intimately with something so splendidly immense that all life seemed trivial in its presence. - Robert Marshall Alaska Wilderness