Below are links to the various essentials on "How I Spent My Summer Vacation", via a photo essay on the journey undertaken by my good friend Adam and me to Alamosa, CO, to climb Mount Blanca, the fourth highest peak in the Rockies. The journey is always a pilgrimage, and it encompasses the raw fun of a road trip, college-style (and on an undergrad budget), and the dramatic beauty and challenge of three days in the mountains, far from cell phones and, er, Web pages...
The friends who went
From Dallas to trailhead, Alamosa, CO
Low camp to high camp
High camp
The peak
The many roads home