I watched the clouds roll in and out as I hiked up the mountain, I knew it was going to be a gamble. I'd been waiting to shoot this composition all astro season, once it finally lined up it happened to be during a new moon, so conditions were perfect. I summitted at 4am and began snapping away between each break in the clouds. This shot is a small 5 minute gap I got when the clouds didn't cover the core of the milky way. I walked myself down over the jagged rocks being careful not to misplace my feet as between each rock is a hole waiting to suck your feet in. By carefully pressing down on each rock to test it's stability, I was able to safely make it to where you see me in this shot. With my wireless trigger I was able to snap away and capture this image.