The Prow

This is the prow of El Capitan as seen from the Salt Basin Overlook trail in Guadalupe Mountains National Park.

The hike around the mountains is rocky, open, and very deserty. There is no shade and it is easy to get sunburned, wind burned, and drenched.

I got all three on a single afternoon. On a late summer afternoon I hiked out around the basin overlook trail. It was sunny and windy at first but the clouds kept building and on the hike back it rained pretty heavy.

This image is on the way back a few minutes before the sky opened up.