Lighthawk
Weekend warrior
Galen has been one of my favorites and and his photography an inspiration for me (Skyrock, Alabama Hills, Yosemite). I did a lot of climbing photography in the 80's and had friends that climbed with Galen and always felt that our paths weren't that far apart. Over the years I've signed into summit registers in the Sierra bearing his signature. He was an accomplished climber with many first ascents in the Sierra. It was quite a loss when he and Barbara went down in their plane. I enjoyed reading her book, Flying South http://www.amazon.com/Flying-South-Pilots-Inner-Journey/dp/1580082823, an epic 25,000 mile solo flight to S. America and back.clikrf8 said:
If you are traveling through Bishop and can spare half and hour, I highly recommend a visit to http://www.mountainlight.com/
Returning to the subject of where to live: Bishop gets mighty hot in the summer, at least 90F + A lot of folks prefer to move up the hill toward Crowley for cooler summers and in the winter it's considered a 'banana belt'. Alternatively, Mammoth can (not this year) get huge dumps of snow. I love the East Side, but ultimately prefer to live on the western slope for greater access to cities/coast, but still within easy reach of Nevada/East Side.
