August 2004. This is the trail we always went on when we went to Mt Charleston growing up, so naturally had to revisit it on this trip. Turns out all those years we'd been taking the side-trip fork that leads to a little waterfall rather than actually following the trail to its end way up on Cathedral rock itself. And so I got to see the spectacular view for the first time... It sprinkled rain off and on as we climbed, and there was even a little thunder leading to some comical back-and-forths up and down a particular stretch of trail as we wavered as to whether we should head back before the storm broke or had enough time to make it to the top. Turns out we timed it well, as it started *pouring* just a few minutes after we made it back to our car. Meanwhile the gathering storm mixed with spots of sun provided some nifty lighting over the mountains.
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