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DSCF0226.JPG29 viewsLooking east, southeast toward Fourth of July Lake, haze resulting from smoke blown in from fires in neighboring Oregon and California is very apparent. On the ridge to the North, Castle Peak is barely visible through the haze.
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IMG_1557.jpg28 viewsVal enjoying the sudden cloudburst.
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IMG_7869.JPG28 viewsBy 10:47, the eclipse had already begun. I tried to imagine what a shadow would like traveling from the west at 1600 mph. How could I capture that? Hopefully I would see a swath of darkness, with areas of daylight at the extreme edges of the field of view of my widest lens. Would there be enough light to handhold, or should I set the camera on a rock and guess a time exposure? I didn't think too long about this. I was enjoying the conversation I was having with these two about about extreme skiing.
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IMG_7892.JPG28 viewsBy this time, Mike is visibly shivering; his teeth are chattering!
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DSCF0225.JPG28 viewsBlackman Peak above the saddle between it and peak 9655 to the WSW, reached by climbing cross country, NW through the burned area from Fourth of July Trailhead. The trail always seems to appear at points of constriction, where the choices become fewer.
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IMG_1253.jpg27 viewsNow which way do we go?
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IMG_3191.JPG27 viewsTwin Lakes from the notch.
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IMG_3234.JPG27 viewsClouds from a fast approaching thunderstorm loom over El Capitan above Alice Lake, six miles from the trailhead.
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IMG_7878.JPG27 viewsIt became strangely quiet as people settled into awe of what they were witnessing from this lofty perspective.
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IMG_7895.JPG27 viewsThe "unnamed lake"; to the north, lying under the blanket of smoke is Stanley. Snow still extends into the lake in the chutes on the rock faces above. Compare this to summit photos in the gallery, "Thompson Peak, via Goat Lake, September 13, 2013" to see how much more snow fell last winter.
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IMG_7899.JPG27 viewsCastle Peak in the Boulder White Clouds, to the east across the Stanley Valley.
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DSCF0246.JPG27 viewsThe trail is sketchy at best.
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