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Temple Crag |
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Beauty |
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Looking down the Swiss Arete after climbing it.. |
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Second Lake on the hike out |
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Clouds above North fork big pine |
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Red dawn at Gayley Camp |
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Justin downclimbing the short fourth class near the rap slings (we didn't see a need to use them today) |
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Apex Peak (the peaklet across the L-shaped couloir from Sill) and the horns that indicate the correct descent |
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Mt. Sill summit register :) |
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Justin on summit of Mt. Sill (14153') |
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Looking down final (sixth) pitch of the Swiss Arete |
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Justin leading fifth pitch of the Swiss Arete |
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Justin finishing the crux pitch (fourth for us) |
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Swiss Arete crux pitch -- 5.9 hand crack in the sun, 5.7 right-facing dihedral and steep crack in the shade. |
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Justin on the Swiss Arete |
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South fork big pine from the route |
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Justin on third (?) pitch |
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Looking down the first pitch |
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Start of the Swiss Arete, from near Glacier Notch |
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Justin traversing the Palisade Glacier |
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Alpenglow on Thunderbolt and Winchell |
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Mt. Sill alpenglow |
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More summit views from Mt. Gayley |
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Mt. Sill's Swiss Arete just left of center, U-Notch and North Palisade on the right, as viewed from Mt. Gayley |
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Yellow Brick Road (third class, SW Ridge) on Mt. Gayley (13510') |
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