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1. Alpenglow on tomorrow's route, seen from camp at Clyde Meadows |
2. Alpenglow around Upper Boyscout Lake |
3. My tent, on a well-dug out platform. |
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5. Climbing up to the Russell-Carillon bowl, around 8:30 am (too late, as it turned out) |
6. A first glimpse at Mount Whiitney from the steep slopes above Upper Boyscout Lake. |
7. In order of appearance: Mount Muir, Crooks Peak, Keeler Needle and Mount Whitney, bathed in Sierra light. |
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8. The Russell-Carillon Bowl, with Mount Russell's East Ridge (the actual summit is hdden from view) |
9. A snack before crossing the bowl. |
10. Mount Whitney and me. |
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11. Mount Williamson from the East Ridge - the two distinctive horns are visible to the right of the summit. |
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13. Approaching the East summit of Mount Russell. At this point we are still under the illusion that this is the higher West summit. |
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14. Looking back towards Tunabora Peak and Mount Carillon, and the lower reached of the East Ridge of Mount Russell. |
15. Mount Carillon and Tulainyo Lake, one of the highest lakes in the continental United States (3,908 m, or 12,821 ft). |
16. Typical East ridge climbing - exposed but relatively straightforward. |
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17. On the East summit, with Mount Williamson in the background. |
18. More of the same. It is 3 PM and there is no way we can go any further. |
19. The West summit of Mount Russell, seen from the East summit. A disappointment... but we would find ourselves climbing down the ridge at night if we were to proceed. |
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20. Looking down the upper reacheds of the East ridge, towards Mount Carillon and the Owens Valley. |
21. Mount Langley and Mount McAdie from the East summit. |
22. Looking toward the Great Western Divide and the Kings-Kern Divide. Mount Hale is in the foreground, and the major peaks of the Great Western Divide are all visible. Here's a really big annotated version. |
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23. Mount Whitney. The Mountaineer's route does not seem so steep seen from here... |
24. Lone Pine Peak and Owens Lake. |
25. Mount Carillon and the East ridge of Russell. The route is on the North side, where the shade is. This photo gives a good sense of the exposure involved. |
26. Trojan Peak and Mount Williamson, from the East summit of Mount Russell. |
27. Mounty Carrillon in the evening Alpenglow. We manage to get off the ridge by nightfall.g |
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28. Chris leads back to the Russell Carillon saddle. |
29. Mount Carillon and the last rays of the sun. |
30. We finally stumble in camp, around 8:30, and spend many hours melting snow and cooking. |
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31. Pretending to be sleeping while the water heats up. |
32. Self-portrait in the cozy warmth of my tent (well, my frozen boots stayed frozen all night, so the temperature could not have risen above 32 degrees...) |
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33.Where we were. |
34. Lower Boyscout Lake. There is some water here... |
35. Back to Whitney Portal road. Our car is parked a mile or so down the road from the Portal. |
36. Mount Whitney throught the trees. |
37. At the car. A couple of miles of snow and ice driving await us. |
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38. Last glimpse at Mount Whitney. |
39. Posing. |
