Lightning Strikes

I have camped above timberline quite a few times, and I always worry when storm clouds start building. There are few places to be safe from lightning up out of the trees. Actually, it is hard to find anywhere totally safe in a severe lightning storm. I have stood on ridges and seen lightning hit trees in the center of valleys. In storms like that, you just hope it is not your time, and feel awfully relieved when it moves off to the east (from a Rocky Mountain perspective).

My article this week is on safety in lightning storms.