1. First night at Cienaga Mirth |
2. Morning of May 6th, 2001 |
3. The approach: North Fork, Big Pine Creek |
4. A glimpse of the Palisade Crest: North Palisade, Starlight and Thunderbolt Peaks. |
5. Mounts Gayley and and Sill from the trail. |
6. Mount Robinson |
7. Gayley, Sill and the Palisade Crest |
8. Looking back on the North Fork of Big Pine Creek |
9. At dawn on summit day - approaching the U-Notch |
10. Thunderbolt Peak |
11. Sill, Polemonium, North Pal and Starlight |
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13. The sun hits the Palisades |
14. Mount Sill |
15. Temple Crag at dawn |
16. The V and the U-Notch Couloirs. Our route up North Pal. |
17. Looking back on the approach path |
18. Climbing the U-Notch, 7 am |
19. Approaching the top of the U-Notch |
20. Looking down South towards Kings Canyon National Park |
21. Gayley and the North Fork |
22. The chimney we must climb. |
23. Looking South toward Kings Canyon National Park |
24. René leads the two pitches. |
25. Yours truly, having climbed the chimney. |
26. Mount Sill from the start of the traverse. |
27. The North Fork, again. |
28. Traversing - a look back to the South East Arete |
29. The summit of North Pal comes withing reach... |
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30. A few more moves... |
31. René on top, 2 pm. |
32. Polemonium, Norman Clyde Peak and Middle Palisade. |
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34. Enjoying the very top |
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35. The Sierra Club register and the USGS marker - we are the first to sign the register since October 2000. |
36. Looking back at the traverse, towards the South East |
37. The vast Sierra. |
38. Rappelling down the chimney. |
39. The canyon of the Middle Fork of the Kings River |
40. Descending the U-Notch. |
41. My Pal and I |
42. Base camp at 11,700 ft |
43. Morning after a nice rest |
44. Sill, René and I |
45. Glissading towards Third Lake |
46. More glissading, with some postholing... |
47. Back on firmer ground |
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48. Temple Crag from First Lake |
49. A pack with legs. |
50. A different pack with different legs. |
51. Middle Palisade and Norman Clyde Peak from the North Fork Trail |
