Me and a friend just did an overnite to the Gamblers Special. The climb is so beautiful and extremely tough. We had packs, 7 hours up. I did not sleep one minute that nite. The next morn I took photos of the sunrise as I did the alpenglow at sunset the nite before. I free climbed as far up the cliff as I could without gear and worked my way down. We spent 3 hours at the site, and took about 500 pics. I'm a wreck chaser and have lifelong obssesion with aircraft. I am writing a book about the crash and the people who were on that plane. I will never forget the milky way that nite, shooting stars almost full moon that lit up the whole canyon. That hike is brutal to say the least. I would like to mention that there was no trace anybody was at the tarn except Zack's bare foot print by the lake. Nice work leave only foot prints. I realy felt like I was at a very special place it is so peaceful. I will return someday. I seriously don't see alot of people doing that hike. I am in excellent shape. I hike alot of back country snowboarding and I barely made it. Man that was a beautiful hike. rexstahoecreations@yahoo.com
