On Hwy 6 just past Bishop. Driving to the saddle below Kennedy Point in the White Mountains.

White Mountain at 14,246' from Hwy 6.

On the road that leads to the trailhead, plan to met Kathy there for the hike to Boundary Peak. Boundary and Montgomery Peaks are the peaks in back with snow

Better view of Boundary Peak at 13,140' and Montgomery Peak 13,440'.

On the way to the saddle I drove past a few mines, took this side road to check one out.

Looking down on the mini ghost town from the mine entrance.

Closer look at one of the old buildings.

More tailing piles as I drive further up the road.

The Queen Mine coming into view. The road to the saddle is rated for 4x4 past the mine. The saddle can be seen on the right of the peak.

The Queen Mine tunnel.

Cave in a short way in. Could have crawled over it, but didn't want to try it alone.

View down the canyon just before reaching the saddle.

Approaching the saddle at 9,800'. The peak is Kennedy Point at 10,140'.

Hiked around the area to check things out. That's my truck parked on the saddle.

View to the east.

About half an hour after I got there, saw Kathy's truck coming up the road.

Sunset from the saddle. We camped on saddle which will be the starting point for the hike.

Another sunset shot.

The next morning Kathy and me, Joe ready for the hike to Boundary Peak

Kathy at the actual trailhead which was just above the saddle.

Looking down on our trucks as we start gaining altitude.

Our first good look at Boundary. The moon was still up and one little cloud by the peak

Kathy noticed something on the ridge ahead. Turned out to be a group of wild horses. I'm also noticing how fast the clouds are biulding. It's only around 8:30.

I heard that wild horses roamed the area, was glad we came arcross these.

Looking back as we hike on.

Heading towards Trail Canyon Saddle, the low spot up ahead. Great view of Bountary from here.

Almost to the saddle. From there the hike gets steep. We been traversing at around 10,700' for half an hour.

View to the west from Trail Canyon Saddle.

Looking up towards Boundary Peak from the saddle.

Looking down on the saddle as I start climbing.

There were a lot of these flowers growing above 11,000'.

Back on the trail after losing it for awhile. Climbed a lot of loose stuff to get here. Looking up towards the second saddle.

Looking at the peak from the second saddle. Kathy is somewhere up ahead. Things are starting to get real dark up here.

Looking down on Trail Canyon Saddle from the second saddle. Rain falling near by.

The group of three folks that were following me up are standing at the second saddle. I'm about half way to the next saddle at the base of the peak.

Zoomed in on the group of three still on the saddle.

Boundary from the third saddle. This is where I stopped. I could hear thunder in the distance. Decided to wait for Kathy here.

Me on the third saddle. Boundary is in the clouds just ten minutes after the last shot. In the upper left you can see the group of three (one is in green) running down towards the saddle. Not sure why, yet???

Stuff falling to the west and coming this way fast.

Stuff also coming down to the east. It is about 10:30 now.

Turned out to be little snow balls, the stuff started coming down hard and the thunder was loud.

The snow starting to cover the ground, in ten mintutes the ground was white. This is when I started feeling electricity on my forehead and it was getting stronger. I think my body was sending up a streamer reaching for a lighting bolt. Now I know why those folks were runing down.

This shot of the peak is from where I stopped running due to triping and falling on my knee. The electricity on my forehead was gone, but how felt it in my hand that I was holding the trekking poles. Scary stuff, didn't want to leave Kathy, but I had to get out of this area. Lightning was striking around me for over half an hour.

Down to about the 10,700' level. Haven't heard any thunder for twenty mintues. Still didn't feel safe, most of this hike put me in open areas. I'm on top of a ridge here.

Snow on the pack from the higher alitudes where it's still snowing hard. Took a short break here to relax a little after hiking as fast as I could to this point. Thunder in the distance got me moving again.

Looking back at Boundary. It's coming down hard above 11'000'. Hoping that Kathy was alright. There was a lot of lightning strikes on the peak while I was making my way down. Never had so many that close before.

It's snowing again, but the good thing is that the lightning stopped.

Came across the same group of horses in a different area.