Wolf Blessing

While we were eating lunch at the pass, Joanie shook her rattle and asked for a safe passage. I told her to ask for a wolf sighting though Carol said she rarely sees them.

From the pass, we could see the aufeis in the distance - our camp for the night. My left knee bothered me on the downhill - the Baker's cyst got swollen and made it hard to bend the knee and get strength.


Our hike ended at the end of the tundra next to a gravel bed, with the massive aufeis a couple hundred yards in the distance. It was the end of a strenuous 7 mile hike.

As we were taking off our packs, Sue shouted, "Something's running towards the ice!" It was a white wolf! We watched it run lateral on the ice from right to left across our field of vision. What a magnificent creature... and such a thrill to watch it lope across the ice, turning it's head occasionally to look at us. It ran for about 1/4 mile then disappeared around the bend. A blessing at the end of the day's trek.