The View from the Top of Tightening Mountain

To tell the truth, I haven’t done much hiking up mountains recently.  I did scale a few minor peaks, years ago, when our sons were in boy scouts.  However, it was always hot weather heading up and, between separating those young gentlemen who decided to fashion light sabers from tree branches and attempting to corral those whose first instinct was to chase into the woods after squirrels, it was a somewhat trying business.  The reward, for all, of course, was the view from the top and it was always breathtaking.  However, as you stood on the summit, things would cool off pretty dramatically and you had the sober knowledge that safely descending from the top is always a trickier proposition than getting there.