It was a luscious morning, more akin to autumn than late June, with a considerable breeze as counterpoint to a bit of humidity.
I arrived at the summit at 4:45 to find one camper. A few minutes later, another 8 folks arrived via Register Ridge.
The eclipse started around 3:15 and peaked at ~54% coverage around 4:30 +/-. What was most astounding to me was that the Earth's shadow began covering part of the moon from a 1 o'clock position, but ended up exiting from a 4 o'clock position. I assumed the shadow would have continued moving in the same path as it followed for the first 1/2 of the eclipse. But it didn't...
No Atherians were on the summit while I was there.
After about an hour the sun came up and I headed down the Skihut trail.
About 600 feet below the summit, I ran into my dear friend -- and mentor to the California Wilderness -- Will Wyles, and decided to head back up to the top with him, as Blooty had done for me a few weeks back.
We hung out for a while and then headed down. Then the busloads started arriving. What more can I say? It took me almost as long to descend as getting to the summit, since I was standing to the side almost in perpetuity as the hordes ascended. Nevertheless, all appeared to be delighted to be out on the mountain.
Here's a preview as well as the link to the few pics I took:
http://picasaweb.google.com/EManBevHill ... directlink
Surprised the Aetherians missed out on such an opportunity.
