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Quad Map of the immediate area.
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At our camp, looking SE down the 4th of July Trail Road
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Sunset at Base Camp 7/28/06
Photo by Pete Modreski |
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Sunrise 7/29/06 off trail
Photo by Pete Modreski |
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After 2.5 hours of hiking west, sunrise.
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Doyle looks west toward our goal, one more ridge before Lakes "Withrow & Todd"
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Jerry and Kurt catch a glimps of our ridge
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Geof and Pete take a well deserved break.
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Sunrise along the 40th Parallel
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The Crew Takes a Break!
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Hiking West towards the end of the Baseline
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The ridge to the north of Lake Withrow at the base of our quest.
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Steve stands with the quest over his shoulder
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Jerry & Pete eye the prize at the plane crash.
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Mountain thistles abound.
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Geof & Doyle pass the lakes and at the base of the final climb.
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Jerry & Steve pick their way up towards the Summit
Photo by Gene Thomsen |
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Kurt, Geof & Gene on first leg of the ascent.
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Looking south about half way to the top
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A Kestrel is chased by sparrows near the top.
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This Kestrel is not quite the Master of all he surveys
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Jerry and Pete near the top
Photo by Gene Thomsen |
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Doyle on top of his world and game!
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Looking back East from the summit along the Baseline
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This outcropping of rock holds the quest, the 1859 "plus cut"
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Out Goal, Our Quest
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Looking on West along the 40th Parallel towards Mt. Neva & the Great Divide
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The Expedition Force
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A Group Photo taken for Geof
Photo curtesy of Geof Stephenson |
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The "Ridge Walkers" that happened upon us. Took the group photos!
Photo from Pete Modreski |
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The 1859 witness mound of rock 15 links away
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Jerry & Gene either side of the plus cut
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Gene & Geof prepare to gather static GPS data on the plus cut
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A Garmin Quest shows the location of the plus cut.
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Doyle Abrahamson star drills in his brass witness cap.
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Geof's witness brass cap to the SE of the plus cut.
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Looking north passed the outcropping with the '+' into the valley between the ridges
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Initials "ACB" from 1859 crew member Albert Clement Bringhurst?
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Takin' ties to the 1859 plus cut.
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Preparing to start back down
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Wildflowers around Lake Withrow
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Another photo after the descent for the Nebraska guys
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A late afternoon look back at the ridge from the Diamond Falls trail
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