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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Breakneck Sunset

The scramble up Breakneck

Looking south down the Hudson at West Point

Sunset


This was a quick jaunt up Breakneck to watch the sunset. Not one of the best place to view a sunset, but good never the less. Although the rocks appeared dry, they were clearly damp from yesterday's rains. I noticed I did not have the traction as I did 3 weeks prior.

The hike down was interesting in the dark. Just after the sun set, I caught the moon setting. It's in its first quarter, so it was just a sliver, but it was a beautiful bright orange shining above the lights below.

1 comment:

  1. Shit, my man. You drove down from the Beck afterwork? You be Mr. HV this summer. Good to see you're keeping it real, home slice. When you going to swim in lake skanonto?

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