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| Our Team: Josh, Aaron, Jon, Al, Tim, Dave, Lane and Jeff |
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| Final gear check and lacing on our boots at the trailhead. |
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| Aaron, we're not in Omaha! |
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| hiking up to Camp Muir |
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| Andy came along for the first day and helped us get to Muir, packing some surprise gifts along the way. |
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| He also helped us set up camp. |
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| Skies were clear, but these clouds foretold of some wind ahead. |
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| relaxing in camp, melting snow for water, and getting mentally prepped for the summit later tonight. |
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| hiking the Muir Snow field |
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| Camp Muir |
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| Camp Muir and the public shelter. Anyone can sleep in a stone building at 10,000' |
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| taking a rest break on Ingraham Glacier, after leaving camp at 1am. |
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| The camera was stored in my pack and I missed the most awesome sunrise, but here we are on the summit around 6:30AM. |
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| Sure enough, the winds came. |
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| The summit was encased in a lenticular cloud. |
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| not much of a view from the top this time. |
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| we spent 10 minutes or so in the summit crater and began the descent. |
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| There were still groups making their way up |
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| some of the crevasses we had to negotiate up high. |
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| taking a break just above the Clever |
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| Time to shed some layers as we descend below the lenticular and the winds. |
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| Aaron finally realizes he has summited and survived and began talking again. |
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| fueling up |
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| The summit is still encased in a cloud, but the sun is starting to heat us up. |
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| Mt. Adams |
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| Muir and our camp below. |
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| descending the DC |
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| Ingraham Glacier |
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| the route was well established |
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| Almost time to install that ladder over this expanding crevasse. |
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| Our last break at Ingraham Flats |
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| Ingraham Flats camp just above us |
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| Cathedral Gap and then home |
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| Although sunny, the wind was persistent. |
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| resting, rehydrating, refueling |
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| Josh breaking camp. He was our McGyver who fixed the tent poles that snapped in the wind during the first night. |
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| Headed down the Muir Snow field towards home |
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| working our way down...Rhonda, I'm headed home! |
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| Best buddies |
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| back in Paradise, warmth, sun, and well...... |
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| ...a cheese burger near Paradise! |
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| Our summit route |
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