Have compressor will travel. A broken lock nut forced me to use a plug kit to fix this flat...

while Jake prepped the tent and fire...

then cooked it up. Lincoln National Forest 11 24 04

... with lunch break...

.. took us 7-hrs.

Bush mtn camp on about 3-in of soft snow. 11 25 04

Bush camp 11 26 04 morning in the "teepee"

Explore Bartlett, 4th highest peak in Texas at 8508'

Bartlett Peak summit registry. 11 26 04

Bartlett view to East: Hunter Peak at 8368'

Bartlett Summit view to SW

Bartlett Summit view NW

Bartlett view to Bush Mountain, 2nd highest in TX at 8631'

Bartlett view: Shumard, 3rd highest at 8615', with distant Guadalupe Peak, 8749'

rare glimpse of standing water in Pine Springs Canyon. 11 26 04

11 26 04 back to camp

This much snow made about 2L water. 11 26 04

Despite evening of cooking inside, teepee temp at 2AM was 33-deg-F.

11 27 04 AM Bushcamp 002

11 27 04 AM Bushcamp 003

11 27 04 AM. Bush Mtn peak repeater station

Atop Bush Mountain's western edge is this excellent view of G-Peak, Shumard, and Bartlett.

4000 vertical feet escarpment

5000 vertical feet to salt flats

11 27 04 PM Mescalero camp 005

11 27 04 evening view of South McKittrick Canyon as seen from Mescalero

cooking in the vestibule

WORTH EVERY STEP