Operation GAAVOB*

H.W. Stockman
October 23, 2004

*Get Alda and Val on Bridge (…Mountain, near Las Vegas NV)

 

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GPS trace.

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View E, down into Icebox Canyon.

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Downclimbing to pass. (?)

 

 

 

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Bridge Mountain in background.

For Val's Mum, here is the route.

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Still Climbing down.

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We've made it up to the arch (the "Bridge", for which the mountain was named) -- note the lone hiker on the top of the bridge.

 

 

 

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On the way up, we walked over the TOP of the bridge.

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On top-- view NW toward snow-covered Griffith Peak.

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Requisite cerebellum check for Harlan.

 

 

 

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View S toward Mount Wilson.

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To the north, the Search and Rescue team was practicing helicopter rescue.

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Alda above the eastern tinaja (a deep water-filled hole) near the summit.

 

 

 

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Descending; view west.

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On descent, we went under the bridge. View NW.

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More descent, after the bridge.

 

 

 

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Alda starts down the lower slope.

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Val gives a "good luck" smile before descent.

 

 

 

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Down, down.

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Val, view S with Rainbow and Wilson in background.

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Down, down.

 

 

 

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View W, at other hikers on far side of pass.

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Now we've traveled W across the pass, and start climbing back up toward the limestone ridge. View E.

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More climbing.

 

 

 

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View ESE; Bridge Mountain in background. Las Vegas is visible at right, in back of the mountain.

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Almost ready to cross over the ridge and descend back to the car.