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SKY HIGH in Yosemite

Fresh bloom­ing skyp­i­lot, known to botanists as pole­mo­nium ex­im­ium, are high-al­ti­tude moun­tain flow­ers that are unique to sky is­lands of the Cen­tral and Southern Sierra Ne­vada. Some moun­tain wild­flower ex­perts say they are most com­mon be­tween 10,000 feet and 14,000 feet on Mounts Whit­ney and Langley, and near the sum­mit of Mount Dana, pic­tured here Satur­day, July 11, 2020.
Fresh bloom­ing skyp­i­lot, known to botanists as pole­mo­nium ex­im­ium, are high-al­ti­tude moun­tain flow­ers that are unique to sky is­lands of the Cen­tral and Southern Sierra Ne­vada. Some moun­tain wild­flower ex­perts say they are most com­mon be­tween 10,000 feet and 14,000 feet on Mounts Whit­ney and Langley, and near the sum­mit of Mount Dana, pic­tured here Satur­day, July 11, 2020.
Pro­vided / Sheri Betz

Tears came to a Sonora woman's eyes when she stood on top of Mount Dana for the first time Saturday afternoon.

She'd just walked the steepest two and three-quarter miles she could remember, to r...