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Tetons on Crack | Banff National Park, Canada | 07/28/08, by powderjunky

Overwhelmed. Rock clothed in fractured glaciers reach toward the sun beckoning adventure to all who lay their eyes on them. In an instant my highly regarded Tetons are reduced to an insignificant spec on the mountaineering map. I stand in a place where no camera, no poet, no one, can describe the color of these glacial waters, the towering peaks and the over all magnitude with any justice that is due to them.

This region mocks all my experience and draws me closer like a siren. We planned on spending one week or two here….I now realize it would take one or two lifetimes to fully understand these surroundings. Until then I humbly soak in all I can as I stand in mist of the Canadian Rockies.