The scenery is immense, forbiddingly beautiful. Stunning to the appreciative eye. And there you are, standing here, viewing it up close and very personal.
It has taken a while to ascend to this level, and having done so, you rest awhile, set down your backpack and feast your eyes on the glories of Nature. Enraptured by the cold vastness, the looming mountains, the iced and snowy valleys and the glowing glaciers. At that elevation it is cold, but not unendurable.
You have come prepared. And it is a bright day, with a clear sky and a burning sun.
You knew you were capable of the trek, long accustomed to such ascents, although not in this particular geography. Ecstatic to be there, to view first-hand what you imagined it must look like. You see no one else. No human being that is. The view is completely yours, to revel in and recall at a later date. Photographs will most certainly assist in the process. And these are some of those photographs.
Photographs: J.S. Rosenfeld, 2010, Spain, Italy, France
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