WheelerPeakSummitOct2012
As part of a trip we did to Great Basin, Susie really wanted to attempt the summit of the second highest peak in Nevada, Wheeler Peak (13,065 feet). (Some folks consider it the tallest peak, due to Boundary Peak's being a subsidiary peak of a mountain solely in California.) Kelsey's guidebook shows him climbing to the summit on a rocky hiking trail in shorts and a T-shirt. That may work in the dead of summer, but in early October, it is whole 'nuther story. Nevertheless, Susie and I decided to give it a try, which made for an interesting day.
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