Thomas Moore

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Three Nights on a MountaintopBy Thomas MooreTwo scathing bolts of lightning tore through the air above the trail to Bonneville Peak. The rain transformed itself into a blistering hail. Spheres of ice as large as ping pong balls came ricocheting down from the skies. I darted to locate a reprieve and at last found haven under the branches of a mighty pine tree. Over the next three hours, I felt powerless before the torrents of the storm raging above me. I tried to stay away from the tree trunk.