As we approached the river, the morning light hit Denali and illuminated it in brilliant golds, soft pinks, and deep purple-blues within its couloirs and crevasses. The moon was still hanging in the sky, and the birch along the highway were draped in full autumn yellows. I kept catching myself gasping and quietly swearing (sailor habits) over how stunning the whole scene was.
The river itself was incredible - big, reeling wave trains cutting through deep canyons with stunning striations in the rock walls. We saw dozens of mountain goats (Oreamnos americanus) perched impossibly on sheer cliffs, and although it was cold, quite windy, and we accidentally put in higher on the river than initially planned (we paddled 27 miles instead of 11, oops), not a moment passed in which I wasn’t overwhelmed with the magic that has shaped my life lately.
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