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Snow field and descent lake |
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View to the East - descent trail follows this line |
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Burke and I - warm enough for shorts - yea! |
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Burke on summit |
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Looking up towards summit |
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Paul practices his fireman belay |
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Looking back at tower 2 - this is what you rappel down (or solo) |
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Scramble up tower 2 |
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Summit, glacier, and tower 2 |
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Start of first tower - shoe up! |
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On the ridge |
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Meadow approach about to end - Summit in clear view |
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Greenstone Lake on approach |
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Checking out the approach/summit/descent at 8:30 am (my kind of Alpine start) |
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Coffee time! |
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Descent gully |
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Pano from the summit |
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This is where the ridge was snowcrested seven days prior. |
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A shot of the ice gullies for the ice climbers looking for updates. |
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Rapping after the class 5 notch. |
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Sunrise Pano |
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Looking down the West Ridge |
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Here's to another great weekend in our favorite place. |
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