On a warm afternoon, I made the 3-mile, 3,000-foot rocky ascent up Mt. Dana. The trailhead at the Tioga Pass entrance is deceptively flat but soon the ceaseless uphill trek begins. Atop the

summit, my vista included Tuolumne Meadows, Mt. Whitney and, 6,500 feet below, the shimmering waters of Mono Lake. My legs ached for a week, but the memory will last forever. Chris Ungar Los

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