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GPS track. |
Windy Peak. The Branch Whitney route goes directly up the E face; we will, instead, go left (S) of the peak. |
Much water this season. |
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The women come up the first steep pitch; Kim is sloshing. We have a spot of rain. |
View SW. into the last ravine before the high saddle. |
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View S. Snow-covered Mt. Potosi is in back. |
Looking E, as Kim and Josh approach the summit cairn. |
View NW. Alda and Val are right behind, as clouds start to wash over the peak. |
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Alda remembers Aristophanes. |
More view WNW. |
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Bruce leads us in "Kumbaya". Alda discusses Ada, a la Dada (Boy George Gordon). Kim is in denial about Denali. Josh joshes with Valerie, who smiles, valiantly*. Dazey is dazed by the conversation. |
Scale a peak, do a scale. |
View N. |
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Val descends, in the clouds. |
…getting below the clouds again… |
Val and Alda across a stream. |
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View ESE on descent. |
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There she goes, a-walkin' down the street, singing Ooh-a-dum-diddy dum, diddy-doo… |
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Snappin' her fingers and-a shufflin' her feet, singing Ooh-a-dum-diddy dum, diddy-doo… |
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…looks good, looks fine… |
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Josh and Dazey. |
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Dazey and Josh. |
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Heron's Bill? |
*On the ascent we discussed "The Valiant" and Julius Caesar Act II, Scene ii; and anagrams like Denali and denial; and palindromes, such as "Alda was I ere I saw Adla". |
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