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Lone Pine
Lone Pine is such a charm. Many years ago, we stayed here on our way to Death Valley. It’s an original Western small town, full of character. Here is the gateway to Mt. Whitney, the highest peak in the contiguous United States. It’s also the entry way to the Alabama Hills, Hollywood’s favorite shooting place…
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No Time Zone
We went back to Eastern Sierra, exactly the same time as last year and once came back fully recharged. Certain places have healing power: high Sierra peaks still carrying winter’s snow, like a finger print; the Merced River giggles into white waves turning corners. When the setting sun hits Half Dome, the Yosemite Valley quiets down…
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上帝的游乐场
有的地方，让你一见如故，似曾相识；一别十年，回来依然草木亲切，就像回归故里。这里有冰天雪地的严冬，酷暑淋漓的盛夏；最高的雪山和最开阔的旷野，孤独的路通往天尽头，只有天边的晚霞在绽放。 这里是北美本土大陆最高点和最低点相遇的地方，终年不化的Sierra积雪依然在阳光下晶莹，亿万年风化的巨型滚石散落在辽阔的Owens Valley, 如大珠小珠落玉盘，与雪山遥相呼应，巨石以房子为基数，以指数递增，形态惊骇怪异，场景开阔震撼。看起来散乱无序，因为我们太渺小，呆得不够久。 站在谷中，风中有着特有的印第安人sage的味道，死亡谷深处的干冽气息混着Sierra山云端的积雪。原始的荒凉在蓝天白云下悠然古今，天地豁然开朗。地球上最古老的树依然高高屹立在万尺山巅，鸟瞰着下面的世界游走。这里是上帝的游乐场。
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Eastern Sierra – God’s Playground
Here is where it feels home to me! Where the highest point in continental America meets the lowest; the natural erosion shaped boulders in different sizes spread in the Owens Valley in the most random way, we’re talking size of a house or even bigger, with the backdrop of High Sierra peaks chiseled by ice…