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It looks like snow, but it is hail that is making the mountain white.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
What The Hail?
Saturday morning, we headed up to Flagstaff to summit Humphrey's Peak. At 12,633 feet, it is Arizona's highest mountain. (My dad and I are climbing the Middle Teton next week in Wyoming and were using this mountain as a conditioning hike.) We made it up past the saddle above the tree line. Clouds began rolling in fast. There was a bright flash, and with no time in between, there was a huge thunder clap. Lightning struck, and it was very very close. We decided to cut our assault on the summit short. We were pleased we cut the climb short because about 100 yards below the treeline, it started to hail on us. It was the wicked, mean hail that your grampa warned you about. It relentlessly continued for more than an hour as we walked through ankle deep hail slush all the way down the trail. I laughed out loud for the first twenty minutes. After that, it wasn't funny anymore. We'll go back in August to finish the hike to the top, hopefully the weather will cooperate.
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It looks like snow, but it is hail that is making the mountain white.
.It looks like snow, but it is hail that is making the mountain white.
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Gotta love zippy pants.
I laughed at the hail storm last year that put dents all over my nieces brand new car (she's a little too attached and threw a toddler sized fit) but then wanted to cry a few days later when I briefly parked my car in the driveway only to find fallen roof tiles (loosened by the hail) scattered all over the windshield and hood. Wasn't funny to me anymore either!
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