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IMG_3502.JPG16 viewsLooking west southwest across Mt. Carter, 10590' (the talus pile in the foreground), toward Peak 10330' from the summit of Thompson Peak. The North Fork of Baron Creek cut the deeper canyon in the middle of this photo.
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IMG_3500.JPG16 viewsWilliams Peak, northwest from the summit of Thompson Peak.
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IMG_3503.JPG16 viewsNational Geodetic Survey Benchmark, 'Goat 1938', a bronze disk embedded in the outcropping bedrock on the summit block. A "Documented History (by NGS)" states this mark is "about 5' lower than, and 50' south of the highest point of the mountain". In "Idaho, a Climbing Guide", Lopez describes a couloir rising "up to the notch between the peak's east and west summits...scramble to the west over solid rock to the summit." We did not climb to the northeast summit, which, according to the NGS, is the higher.
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IMG_3516.JPG16 viewsThe professor looks back toward the summit of Thompson Peak from the upper lake basin south southeast of the Thompson/Mickeys Spire Saddle.
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IMG_3518.JPG16 viewsThe deep lake is just west of the Thompson/Williams Saddle, and is the eastern-most of the three drainages in the upper lake basin south southeast of the Thompson/Mickeys Spire Saddle. Past its outlet, the terrain drops steeply to the lake basin south of Goat Lake.
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IMG_6607.JPG16 viewsFourth of July Lake obscured by fire blackened pines.
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IMG_6629.JPG16 viewsThis couple passed us on the way into Born Lakes. They always seemed a few steps ahead of us for the first few days of the trip.
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IMG_6633.JPG16 viewsMeadow northwest of Born Lakes.
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IMG_7922.JPG16 viewsWe paused here for a well deserved break. On the menu; salami, sharp cheddar, and homemade whole grain rye and wheat sesame crackers. And more photography!
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IMG_7923.JPG16 viewsA foreground piece, like this erratic, adds depth to an otherwise ordinary landscape shot.
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