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Looking back on the Keyhole with Carl simul-climbing behind me |
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Looking north from pitch 5 |
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Coiling the ropes for simu-climbing the ridge above. |
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At the Key Hole with Little Lakes Basin beyond. Thunderstorms were brewing in the Owens Valley. |
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Top of pitch three |
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Taking the 5.9 variation instead of the 5.7 flakes out right |
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Carl linking the first two pitches |
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Carl at the base of the first pitch |
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Starting at 6:00AM up to the base of the North Arete. |
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Ally standing watch at Dade Lake as Carl fixes a leak in his sleeping pad. |
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The end of Treasure Lakes. Carl wondering how much more talus to Dade Lake. |
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Long Lake at the end of the day |
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Little Lakes Basin with BCS just left of puffy clouds |
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Mt. Dade |
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Mt. Dade NE couloir with ice showing |
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Early morning winter approach |
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Early summer |
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Ruby Peak |
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Cheburashka on top of Dade on New Year's Eve (12/31/2011)! He climbed the North Face! |
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Climbing high on NF of Dade |
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Winter Sunrise |
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Petit Griffon summit register |
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Petit Griffon |
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Just one of those beautiful sunsets I had a chance to experience out there.. |
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Leading my first 5.10 ever (var. on N. arete of BCS) |
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