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IMG_9099.JPG4 viewsDec 14, 2012
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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.Dec 14, 2012
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IMG_9094.JPG4 viewsDec 14, 2012
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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.Dec 14, 2012
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IMG_9086.JPG79 viewsSouth from the summit of Mt. Solomons, the entrance to the not so 'Enchanted Gorge' through the "dark gate" guarded by Scylla and Charybdis, beyond Chasm Lake in the center of the photo. Scylla rises above Chasm Lake to the south. The gorge descends over 5000' down Disappearing Creek southeast to Goddard Creek, to the Middle Fork Kings.Dec 14, 2012
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IMG_9088.JPG0 viewsWanda Lake from the summit of Mt. Solomons.Dec 14, 2012
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IMG_9089.JPG0 viewsDavis (left) and Wanda Lake from the summit of Mt. Solomons. Mt. McGee stands above Davis Lake. Mt. Ritter and Banner Peak (west of Mammoth Lakes) are visible on the distant horizon on the right edge of the photo.Dec 14, 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.Dec 14, 2012
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IMG_9090.JPG0 viewsDue east, from the summit of Mt. Solomons, Lake 11939 at the base the Black Giant and the Black Divide. On the Sierra Crest in the distance are Mt. Johnson, Mt. Goode, Mt. Agassiz (13,891'), and Mt. Winchell (13775').Dec 14, 2012
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IMG_9087.JPG0 viewsThe view northwest down into Evolution Basin from the summit of Mt. Solomons.Dec 14, 2012
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IMG_9084.JPG0 viewsOn the summit of Mt. Solomons looking south. Charybdis juts skyward 1.4 miles south southeast. I summited Charybdis via the Northeast Shoulder, a classic 3rd class Sierra climb September 19, 1994.Dec 14, 2012
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IMG_9085.JPG1 viewsThe professor makes an entry in the summit register; her second summit, and first Sierra peak!Dec 14, 2012
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