Reply #34: Thanks...that clears up other inconsistencies as well

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Strangely enough Mt Baker does resemble that largest Mountain on the right as viewed from the north, it does have 2 peaks, (known as twin peaks), directly south which is why I thought what I thought at first. Mt Shuksan would also line up to the right of the one I mistook as Mt Baker BUT it does NOT look like the one in your photo at all...that bothered me as well as Glacier peak not looking like the one I thought off in the distance, it should have been a bit further to the left too! Mt. Rainier absolutely does not have a pointy top but would line up about where that mountain is in the furthest distance. All these inconsistencies were nagging at me but that Mountain in the foreground is close to an area I used to hike and bore no resemblance to anything I could remember being there!

It would be interesting to compare a shot looking south from the area I mistook with this shot.


btw: Like you, I once braved the trails and camped in areas I should not have. May 11th 1980 found me alone, (well there was a heard of elk bedded down close by so technically I wasn't alone the entire time), about 2 miles North Northwest of Mt. St. Hellens. Had I been a little wealthier back then I would not be telling you this. The very next weekend I took my girlfriend on her first excursion with me...we went to Mt. Rainier instead of Mt. St. Hellens because it was closer to home, gas $$ was our ONLY consideration. Yep we got clobbered by Mt. St. Hellens while up on Rainier but at least we were well outside of the devastation zone where I had camped the weekend before!

thanks for clearing up this mystery for me. Great photo!