The darkness was entered at 5:05 with 45°. The forest is a different place without light. It reaches in and grabs at you as you pass through. The promise of the coming sunrise gives one something to look forward to when surrounded by the lack of light. My path was downward as I searched for the early morning beauty to come. An undisclosed bluff line was encountered, mounted and inhabited for a short while. The valley below slowly showed itself as the solar glow increased gradually with each increment of upward thrust into the sky. Oh, what majesty was revealed there. I savoured it for long time. Then I left.