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Dec 21, 2002: SNOW! |
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Here we were on top of Fortification during the winter solstice, 2002. Amy and Joel had to change Toby (not a year old) in the light snow. |
Hmmmm, the weather is getting worse. |
The clouds kept rolling in. |
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Feb. 27, 2005 -- SW Face |
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This was the year of intense spring growth in the desert. Luba looks cheerful as we head up a very non-standard route. |
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Feb 09, 2008; Déjà vu all over again! |
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OK, our last trip! 100k topo. The road is now open again, and you won't have to travel quite as far from the dam as before 2004. |
Because of unusual circumstances, I went up the mountain twice that day. I didn't get many pictures of the other folks. |
We start out, and Toby sets a blistering pace, assuring Peggy that he knows the way. |
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We will head to the light-colored saddle, then climb left, then N along the wall for a bit. |
Mt Wilson AZ is the sharp peak at left. |
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From top, snow-covered Charleston Peak in distance. Discontinuity: Christine got asthma, so I left her below the saddle, and rushed to the top. |
For my normal self-portrait, I chose a bad rock; it rolled back and forth. I then put away my camera so I could run, just in time to miss taking pictures of everyone else coming up over the plateau edge. |
I met Christine on the way down; she's the red dot. We then went down to the car. After 30 minutes or so at the car, I thought I might head up again; how else would I get pictures of the other folk? |
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I met Kim and the dogs just at the big basalt wall. |
Daryl and Taylor headed past me, back down S to the cars. |
Next I saw Bob and Edith. |
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Sierra wishes Summer "Good Luck!" as SNAFU offers sage advice to Jim and Cat. I'll decide to go 15 minutes more and then I'll turn around. |
OK, 15 minutes more brought me to the summit again, perhaps to a slightly clearer view of Charleston. |
This is where Daryl and Taylor were just 30 minutes before. It seems lonelier now. |
