Evolution Basin, July 15, 2012
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IMG_9092.JPG2 viewsWanda Lake from the summit of Mt. Solomons. Our base camp is above the small lake the right (east) of the north end (most distant) of Wanda Lake.
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IMG_9093.JPG2 viewsLake Helen northeast from the summit of Mt. Solomons. Echo Col is directly above the lake at the lowpoint of the ridge in front of the most distant dark ridge on the horizon (the White Mountains across the Owens Valley). Wallace Col, almost 560' higher, is the low point on the red-hued ridge above the snow patch in the upper left of the photo.
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IMG_9094.JPG4 views
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IMG_9097.JPG3 viewsThe Northeast Shoulder route on Charybdis begins at the lake on the left edge of the photo, and ascends the south side of the prominant ridge on the skyline.
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IMG_9099.JPG4 views
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IMG_9100.JPG2 viewsThe upper section of the Northeast Shoulder route on Charybdis. The ridge turns south and, crossing a gap (hidden in photo) ascends on class 3 rock to the summit.
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IMG_9103.JPG2 viewsClose up of the peninsula on Wanda Lake from the summit of Mt. Solomons.
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IMG_9104.JPG2 viewsWanda Lake.
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IMG_9105.JPG2 viewsTo the east, beyond the Black Divide, Mt. Agassiz (left, 13,891'), and Mt. Winchell (13775'), at the northern end of the Palisade Region, on the Sierra Crest. In August of 1989 we were near the summit of Winchell on the 3rd class East Arete, and retreated due to thunderstorms. The following year I climbed Agassiz with my younger brother. In 1993, I reached the summit of Winchell via the East Arete alone.
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IMG_9107.JPG2 viewsTo the east, beyond the Black Divide, Mt. Johnson (left), and Mt. Goode (right, south).
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IMG_9108.JPG3 viewsOn the distant Sierra Crest to the east, Middle Palisade (left), and the pyramidal shaped The Thumb beyond the Black Divide, from the summit of Mt. Solomons.
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IMG_9113.JPG3 views50 miles to the northwest, Mt. Ritter, on the left with its distinctive snowband, and Matterhorn-shaped Banner Peak to the right, dominate the skyline for miles.
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