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| Gotta replace sodium after all that sweating |
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| The gateway to exit the alpine disneyland back to the real world. |
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| Looking back at the bushy saddle. This would be your view looking up from the trail en route to the plateau via East Ridge. |
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| Descent path cuts through saddle just above and left of the tarn. |
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| Biology. Chemistry. Geology. Fractals. Whoooaaaa mannnn... |
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| Nature, red in tooth and claw... |
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| Glacier refugee. |
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| The left side of the summit plateau turns into the East Ridge. |
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| The view across the Young Lakes drainage towards the playground |
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| Second tower in the sun, final slope in the shadows. Humans for scale. |
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| If you see this view you are off route. Stay low and left. |
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| Suffering is clinging to what changes. Goodbye High Sierra as we know you! It was a good ride. |
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| The day this setup doesn't make me buzz is the day I learn to golf. |
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| Mystery shoes and a view of the approach through the cliffs. I took the gully directly under the snow patch. |
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| Starting to get uncomfortably warm on the sunny side of the valley |
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| Faced with this, it's hard not to run |
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| #ALPINEPORNMYEYEBALLSRBURNIN |
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| Hard to believe this is a couple miles from a road. |
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| Locals just catching the first rays. |
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| North Peak presides over the ridiculously perfect valley |
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| Author with his logistical support crew |
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| Dusty trail home |
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| Nap |
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| Descent meadow |
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