Bishop Pass from Above

Bishop Pass and the slopes of the Eastern Sierra Nevada in Kings Canyon National Park and John Muir Wilderness.

A view looking down at Bishop Pass (12,000ft) from about a 1,000 feet above it.

From an easy climb but no so much in the dark, the iconic view from Bishop is the 3 peaks on the far right. Can you name them?

Unfortunately I was not where I wanted to be in time for sunrise, I took the wrong route up so I hit a wall that I could not get over with out 5th class climbing by myself.  I sat and sulked about it for a minute then changed my attitude and began taking photographs.  The view at that point was something I may never see again.  Things like this happen all the time but you really need to put that extra little bit of effort to make something out of nothing!!

I still came back and got what I wanted 3 days later.  No better motivation then an idea burning a hole in one's head.

Bishop Pass and the slopes of the Eastern Sierra Nevada in Kings

Canyon National Park and John Muir Wilderness.

A view looking down at Bishop Pass (12,000ft) from about a 1,000 feet

above it.

From an easy climb but no so much in the dark, the iconic view from

Bishop is the 3 peaks on the far right. Can you name them?

Unfortunately I was not where I wanted to be in time for sunrise, I

took the wrong route up so I hit a wall that I could not get over with

out 5th class climbing by myself. I sat and sulked about it for a

minute then changed my attitude and began taking photographs. The

view at that point was something I may never see again. Things like

this happen all the time but you really need to put that extra little

bit of effort to make something out of nothing!!

I still came back and got what I wanted 3 days later. No better

motivation then an idea burning a hole in one's head.

I think that is where you are. My wife and I have been up it a couple of times. A great place. Nice color on the distant rocks. Better to be there and get part way up than to not be there.